Mandir Parbat
Mandir Parbat is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India. The elevation of Mandir Parbat is and its prominence is. It is joint 73rd highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies 10. 3 km south of Kamet. Its nearest higher neighbor unnamed summit lies 5.7 km NE. It is located 6.1 km SW of Deoban and 19 km SSE lies Hathi Parbat.
Climbing history
An Indian team from West Bengal led by Sisir Ghosh attempted Mandir Parbat in 1978 and reached a high point 19, 960 ft.A 10-member team of West Bengal led by Shankar Biswas reached the summit on September 20, 1989. Summit was reached by Shyamal Sarkar and three HAPs Nataraj, Tendi and Tharchen. The team consisted of Subrata Banerjee, Debashish Biswas, Sanjoy Das, Dr. Sujit Guha, Ajoy Mondai, Bhaskar Mukherjee, Soumajit Roy, Shyamal Sarkar and Nishi Kanta Sen.
Glaciers and rivers
lies on the eastern side of Mandir Parbat. On the western side lies an unnamed glacier. Amrit Ganga comes from Bank kund glacier after a short run it joins Dhauli Ganga at Gamshali which later joins Alaknanda River at Vishnu Prayag one of the main tributaries of river Ganga. Alaknanda later joins Bhagirathi River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Dev Prayag and became Ganga there after. On the western side an unnamed glacier drains down to Saraswati River which joins Alaknanda River near Mana village.Neighboring peaks
neighboring peaks of Mandir Parbat:- Abi Gamin
- Kamet
- Chamrao Parbat I
- Saraswati Parbat I
- Balbala
- Mana Peak
- Mana Northwest
- Bidhan