Nanda Devi

Uttarakhand·festival · ceremony

Pilgrims reaches Nauti village during Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra - Uttarakhand. 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·festival · ceremony

One can see devotees singing holy songs during Nanda Devi Raj Yatra in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

Uttarakhand·festival · ceremony

Traditional holy rituals perform by devotees before the Nanda Devi procession begins. 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·festival · ceremony

Pilgrims heading towards 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

Framed through Himalayan Birch (Betula utilis) or bhoj patra trees, a group of high altitude porters descend a cliff in the Nanda Devi Sanctuary to the Rishi Ganga gorge camp.

Uttarakhand·forest

Indian Army Sappers and ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police) expeditions to Trishul and Nanda Devi carved their names into these tree trunks, within the Nanda Devi Sanctuary - a real pity! A Czech going to climb the north face of Kalanka did s…

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Framed through Himalayan Birch (Betula utilis) or bhoj patra trees, a group of high altitude porters descend a cliff in the Nanda Devi Sanctuary to the Rishi Ganga gorge camp.

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·hills · forest

Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country (Kangchenjunga being on the border of India and Nepal); owing to this geography it was the highest known mountain in the world until computations…

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Primula reptans grows in solitary tufts among the rocks while Anemone flowers pop out of the Juniper thickets. A visiting expedition camps on a rocky re-entrant just before crossing the Dharanshi pass to descend to the Dibrughetta alps.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

With clouds billowing, Nanda Devi opens up and reveals herself, after a snow-storm around the summit, just prior to sunset.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country (Kangchenjunga being on the border of India and Nepal); owing to this geography it was the highest known mountain in the world until computations…

Uttarakhand·livestock · festival

The Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra is held once every twelve years and since it was last held in 2000, it was to be held once more in 2012.

Uttarakhand·festival · temple

A gurudwara in Kumaon as a backdrop to the Nanda Devi mela that takes place at Naina Devi temple in Nainital.

Uttarakhand·festival · ceremony

Priest putting tilak on the forehead of the Devotees for before the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra Three week long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is one of the world's famous festivals of Uttarakhand in India.

Uttarakhand·festival · ceremony

Three week long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is one of the world's famous festivals of Uttarakhand in India. People from entire Garhwal division-Kumaon division as well as other parts of India and the world participate in Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Framed through Himalayan Birch (Betula utilis) or bhoj patra trees, a group of high altitude porters descend a cliff in the Nanda Devi Sanctuary to the Rishi Ganga gorge camp.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Iris kemaonensis growing near Kuari Pass, above Auli, just outside the outer ring of the Nanda Devi group of mountains. Kumaon Iris or Iris kemaonensis comes from the Himalayas, and is named after the Kumaon region.

Uttarakhand·festival · livestock

A possessed devotee with others like him come to get healed at Nanda Devi, Raj-jat!! The Nanda Devi Jat Yatra is held once in every 12 years in the District of Chamoli, Uttaranchal.

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Devotees participate in Nanda devi mela procession in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. The name "NAINA" which means eye is derived from a temple to the goddess 'Naini Devi" built on the upper edge of the lake and was destoyed by the landslip o…

Uttarakhand·festival

The Nandadevi fair is held at Almora, Nainital, Kot (Dangoli), Ranikhet, Bhowali, Kichha and also in the far flung villages of lohar (like Milam and Martoli) and Pindar valleys (like Wachham and Khati).