Nanda Devi is India’s second highest peak at 25,643ft and the 23rd highest peak in the world. Nanda Devi means “Bliss-Giving Goddess”. 5. The complete trip was expected to take some 24 days.

Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, located in the Himalayan Mountains in the northern part of the country, includes as core areas the Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks, which are one World ...

Nanda Devi East is considered a notoriously difficult peak to summit. "In comparison with Nanda Devi East, Everest is a picnic," Manmohan Singh Kohli told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

The damaged Dhauliganga hydroelectric power plant after at least 19 people died and nearly 150 are still missing when part of the Nanda Devi glacier fell into the river, triggering a flood that ...

Indian authorities have released footage showing the final moments of the climbers who died in the Indian Himalayas in May. The video was found on a “memory video device” near the Nanda Devi ...

The eight mountaineers who were attempting to climb Nanda Devi East peak went missing on May 25. Four others who were stranded near the base camp were rescued on Sunday.

The group set off on 12 May and reached Nanda Devi East base camp six days later. They reached second base camp at 4870 metres (15,977ft) on 22 May and were due to stay there a week while making a ...

The group was attempting to climb India's second-highest peak Nanda Devi when contact was lost on 26 May. Seven bodies were recovered but Briton Martin Moran remains missing.

Nanda Devi is the world's 23rd highest mountain and was first scaled in 1936. Considered one of the toughest Himalayan peaks to climb, it attracts fewer climbers than other mountains in the region.