Nanda Devi

Uttarakhand·hills · river

The distant plains of India show to the south, at dawn, even as the dark and enormous scree slopes and moraines of the glaciers south of Trishul rise up above Roopkund Lake.

Nanda Devi, Uttarakhand·hills · river

The Himalayan lake of Roopkund is the starting point for the onward trek to Hom Kund and Ronti Saddle that lies on a col between the mighty peaks of Nanda Ghunti and Trishul that lie along the outer rim of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in the Ga…

Uttarakhand·forest

The ropeway from Joshimath town up to the part time ski resort of Auli in Uttarkhand makes for soem lovely meadow and forest views of the landscape above Joshimath, in the shadow of Nanda Devi.

Uttarakhand·snow · hills

What fabulous snow peak and vast verdant valley views, in Darma and Chaudas, at the foot of the Nanda Devi East range, as seen aerially, in this aerial view, from the air.

Uttarakhand·hills

In a rare search and retrieval mission, code name ‘Daredevils’, the ITBP mountaineers had searched and retrieved 7 dead bodies near Nanda Devi East in Pithoragarh after a 500 hrs operation in high altitude Operation ‘Daredevils’ : 1.

Nanda Devi, Uttarakhand·livestock · river

Herd of sheep graze on an alpine meadow in Uttarakhand, around Bedni buggyal, in the shadow of Nanda Ghunti and near Nanda Devi, n route Roopkund Lake. Sheep herd as seen aerially, from the air.

Uttarakhand·hills · aerial

A group of high altitude trekkers look so tiny and insignificant among such giants as Nanda Kot and Nanda Devi, and the massive crevasses and glaciers that they are traversing.

Uttarakhand·snow · hills

Nanda East valley in Nanda Devi Sanctuary, with distant Longstaff Col, in monsoon time lapse

Uttarakhand·aerial · forest

Nanda Devi East and Kuchela dhura. The ridge line running through Nanda Devi East is Longstaff Col connecting with unnamed peak which was unsuccessfully attempted by Martin Moran on his tragic expedition.

Uttarakhand·hills · aerial

The breathtaking aerial view of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in the Indian Himalayas, featuring Nanda Devi, Nanda Devi East (Sunanda Devi / NDE), and Longstaff Peak.

Uttarakhand·railway · hills

With Nanda Devi West and East peaks in the background, and Longstaff Col as well, our group successfully reaches the top of Traill's Pass, a seldom visited and most difficult Himalayan col.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Uttarakhand

Nanda Devi East and West peaks and the rest of the Nanda Devi ring of peaks as visible from Chaukori in 1990's Kumaon: Archival footage. Pithoragarh town in earlier days, without so much construction as one sees it today.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Nanda Devi is a two-peaked massif, forming a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long high ridge, oriented east-west. The west summit is higher, and the eastern summit is called Nanda Devi East.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Nanda Devi is a two-peaked massif, forming a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long high ridge, oriented east-west. The west summit is higher, and the eastern summit is called Nanda Devi East.

Uttarakhand·festival · ceremony

Devotees on trek to Nanda Devi. Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra is a festival that stretches for whole three weeks. It is one such Uttarakhand festival that is globally famous.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Allium humile is the Himalayan spring onion plant - those lovely white flowers belong to it. Anemone obtusiloba is a lovely clustered alpine flower of these high altitudes.

Uttarakhand·river · forest

Our Sarsarpatal base camp site within the inner sanctuary of Nanda Devi, at the foot of the west peak of Nanda Devi, in located on an expansive alpine meadow.

Uttarakhand·festival · ceremony

View of a makeshift township on the himalayas en route Nanda Devi temple, Uttarakhand. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.