Bandarpunch

Saraswati Devi
Highest point
Elevation 6,316 m (20,722 ft)
Listing List of mountains in India
Coordinates 30°59′57″N 78°32′30″E / 30.99917°N 78.54167°E / 30.99917; 78.54167Coordinates: 30°59′57″N 78°32′30″E / 30.99917°N 78.54167°E / 30.99917; 78.54167
Geography
Saraswati Devi

Location in northern India

Location Uttarakhand, India
Parent range Garhwal Himalayas

Saraswati Devi is a mountain massif of the Garhwal division of the Himalayas, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is widely known as Bandarpunch or Bandarpoonch, which literally means "Tail of the monkey" or "Tail of Hanuman" in Hindi. It's a twin peak: Saraswati Devi Parvat (6316 m) and Hanuman Parvat (also known as White Peak, 6102 m). There is another peak further north called Kalanag (6387 m) or Black Peak.

Yamunotri, the source of the river Yamuna, is the western most shrine in the Garhwal Himalayas, located on a flank of the Saraswati Devi. Bandarpunch Glacier is about 12 km long. The Bandarpunch glacier feeds water to the Yamuna (Feeds Tons river - largest tributary of Yamuna) as well as the Ganges, a uniqueness among other glaciers.

Maj Gen Harold Williams led the first successful climbing expedition in 1950.[1] The first team to summit Saraswati Devi Parvat comprised legendary Mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, Sergeant Roy Greenwood and Sherpa Kin Chok Tshering.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://mod.nic.in/samachar/nov1-03/html/ch5.htm
  2. ↑ Man of Everest - The Autobiography of Tenzing Norgay - James Ramsey Ullman - published 1955
  3. ↑ Ralph Izzard (2007). An Innocent On Everest. Harrison Press. ISBN 978-1-4067-1491-3.


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