Bandarpunch
Sign in to saveBandarpunch (lit. Hindi: ''Monkey's tail'') is a mountain massif in the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India. The massif has 3 peaks: White Peak (6102 m), also called Banderpunch II, to the west above Yamunotri; almost 5 km east is Bandarpunch main peak or Banderpunch I (6316 m); and about 4 km to the north-east is Kalanag (6387 m).
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- Mountain.name
- Bandarpunch
- Mountain.photo
- Bandarpunch.jpg
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6316
- Mountain.listing
- Mountains of India
- Mountain.location
- Uttarakhand, India
- Mountain.range
- Garhwal Himalayas
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- India Uttarakhand#India
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- Location in northern India
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- 250
- Mountain.label_position
- right
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Uttarakhand
- Elevation
- 6316
- Image
- Swargarohini and Bandarpunch in the Himalaya, from Landour.jpg
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- Bandarpunch
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- Garhwal Himalayas
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Mythology
- Climbing history
- Geography
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- References
Bandarpunch (lit. Hindi: ''Monkey's tail'') is a mountain massif in the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India. The massif has 3 peaks: White Peak (6102 m), also called Banderpunch II, to the west above Yamunotri; almost 5 km east is Bandarpunch main peak or Banderpunch I (6316 m); and about 4 km to the north-east is Kalanag (6387 m).
thumb|240x160px| Swargarohini and Bandarpunch peaks in the Himalaya, viewed from [[Landour.]] ==Mythology== The name is inspired by the mythological tale in which Hanuman, the monkey god, extinguishes his tail, after it catches fire during the battle between King Rama and Ravana in Lanka, by going to the summit of the mountain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bandarpunch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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