Explore the Himalayas

Did you know that the Himalayas is made of the two words 'Him' and 'Alaya' in Sanskrit, which means 'abode of snow?' The Himalayas are a heritage of India. The name of a peak of the Himalayan mountain is 'Bandarpuchha.' peak is located in the Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. Its height is 20,731 feet, and is also called Sumeru. The Himalayas are an entire mountain range, which separates the Indian subcontinent and Tibet. It is the highest mountain in India, which forms the border of about 2500 km of the country in the north and separates the country from North Asia. It stretches from Kashmir to Assam.

Team Walking The Himalayas

Dec 8, 2021
2 min

Gangotri

Gangotri is the origin of the Ganges located in the state of Uttarakhand. In the Char Dham Yatra of Kedarkhand, there is a law to travel to Gangotri after Yamunotri. The temple of Ganga and holy places like Surya, Vishnu and Brahmakund are located here. The origin of the Ganges in Gangotri is estimated to be at an altitude of 4,225 meters in the Gangotri Glacier, about 24 km from here. The time to undertake the pilgrimage is from April to November. Here Shankaracharya had ins