Nanda Parbat


Nanda Parbat is a fictional city in the DC Comics universe. It first appeared in Strange Adventures #216, created by Neal Adams. It is named after the Himalayan peak Nanga Parbat of Pakistan.

History

Nanda Parbat is a hidden city nestled high in the mountains of the Hindu Kush. It is a place of healing and enlightenment watched over by the goddess Rama Kushna and her monks. Time moves slower in Nanda Parbat than the outside world.
Rama Kushna is known as the entity responsible for turning aerialist Boston Brand into the ghostly Deadman. As her spiritual agent, Brand wanders the Earth possessing the bodies of the living and doing good works, in the hopes of finding eventual access to paradise. Deadman has returned to Nanda Parbat on occasion to defend it against attackers such as the Sensei of the League of Assassins, an aged warrior at one time possessed by Jonah, another of Rama Kushna's former agents.

Invisible map

A map had been used to reach Nanda Parbat in the story arc The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul written by Grant Morrison and Paul Dini. The map is supposedly composed of seven pieces, including a tattoo, a scrap of parchment, a poem, and a birthmark.

Notable appearances

Rama Kushna and Nanda Parbat have also played a role in the lives of other DC Comics characters:

In other media

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