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.

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 ...

Deified as Devi To save herself, Nanda Devi climbed up to the snowy pinnacles and merged with the holy mountain. This mountain (25,643ft) came to be revered as a temple for Nanda and she was ...

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 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 ...

It is important to note that Nanda Devi is a sacred place and locals are of the opinion that it’s the home of Goddess Nanda. Many view the peak as spiritually protected and significant.

Indian Air Force helicopters on June 3 spotted the bodies of five of the eight mountaineers who went missing on their way to the Nanda Devi East peak in Uttarakhand. The eight-member team ...

They were attempting to reach Nanda Devi East's peak, which had never been scaled before. The base camp lost contact with the team May 26, and authorities were notified five days later.

The mountaineers had been trying to scale the Nanda Devi peak, India’s second-highest mountain, in May when tragedy struck. Seven bodies of the eight-strong team were retrieved last month, ...

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.

Nanda Devi is a sacred place and not just a mountain. Locals are of the opinion that it’s the home of Goddess Nanda, and many view the peak as spiritually protected and significant.