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'''Bandarpunch''' is a mountain massif of the [[Garhwal Himalaya|Garhwal]] division of the [[Himalayas]], in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttarakhand]]. Widely known as '''Bandarpoonch''', literally "tail of the monkey", its 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.<br />
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Bandarpunch is located at the western edge of the high Himalayan range where it turns the corner to the northwest. It is part of the Sankari Range and lies within the [[Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Sanctuary]]. It is a major watershed for the headwaters of the [[Yamuna]] River, whose source lies above [[Yamunotri]], on the west end of the massif below [[White Peak]]. Yamunotri is the westernmost of the four most sacred pilgrimage places ([[Chota Char Dham]]) and destination for thousands of pilgrims annually. On the north side of the Bandapoonch massif, the 12&nbsp;km long glacier from its flanks feeds the Ruinsar Gad which flows into the Yamuna at Seema. On the south side, the glacier at the base of Bandarpoonch peak feeds the Hanuman Ganga River which joins the Yamuna at Hanuman Chatti.<br />
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Bandarpunch massif has 3 peaks. To the west above Yamunotri is White Peak (6102 m). Almost 5&nbsp;km east is Bandarpoonch Peak (6316 m) and about 4&nbsp;km to the north-east of that is Kalanag (6387 m) ''lit.'' black serpent, commonly known as Black Peak.<br />
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Major General [[Harold Williams (British Army officer)|Harold Williams]] led the first successful climbing expedition in 1950.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mod.nic.in/samachar/nov1-03/html/ch5.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417024645/http://mod.nic.in/samachar/nov1-03/html/ch5.htm |archive-date=17 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first team to summit Bandarpoonch Peak comprised legendary mountaineer [[Tenzing Norgay]], Sergeant Roy Greenwood and Sherpa Kin Chok Tshering.<ref>{{cite book|author=James Ramsey Ullman|title=Man of Everest - The Autobiography of Tenzing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dMBIJe9-1OEC|year=2011|publisher=Read Books Design|isbn=978-1-4474-0028-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| author=Ralph Izzard| year=2007| title=An Innocent On Everest| publisher=Harrison Press| isbn=978-1-4067-1491-3}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Mountains of Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Uttarkashi district]]<br />
[[Category:Six-thousanders of the Himalayas]]<br />
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