Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
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How it came to be
Nanda Devi in Uttarakhand, northern India, rises to 7,817 metres, the second-highest mountain in India. The sanctuary around it is reached through the Rishi Ganga gorge, one of the deepest in the world, and the first recorded attempt to explore it was made in 1883.
The area was declared a game sanctuary in 1939 and a national park in 1982. Since 1983 there has been almost no human pressure, and it serves as a reference site for long-term monitoring of Himalayan nature. Snow leopards, musk deer and many bharal live here.
Nanda Devi National Park was inscribed in 1988, and the gentler alpine Valley of Flowers National Park was added in 2005.
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