At Tapovan, one encounters hot springs with sulphur water emanating from the depths of the earth. It is at places such as these that one realizes the cataclysmic changes that must have led to the uplift of the Himalaya, from the ocean bed!

Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country, owing to this geography it was the highest known mountain in the world until computations on Dhaulagiri by western surveyors in 1808. It was also the highest mountain in India before Sikkim joined the Indian Union. It is part of the Garhwal Himalayas, and is located in the state of Uttarakhand, between the Rishiganga valley on the west and the Goriganga valley on the east. Its name means Bliss-Giving Goddess. The peak is regarded as the patron-goddess of the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

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Various shots of hot water mountain stream- Nanda devi