Mandani Parbat

Mandani Parbat is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India.The elevation of Mandani Parbat is 6193 m and its prominence is 535 m. It is joint 140th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. It lies between Chaukhamba IV, 6854 m and Sumeru Parbat, 6351 m. Its nearest higher neighbor Chaukhamba IV lies 5.5 km east. It is located 8.4 km SE of Sumeru Parbat and 6.5 km NE lies Janhukut 6829 m.

Climbing history
In 1938, a German Expedition to the Gangotri Glacier had many first ascents of nearby peaks. On 20 September 1938, in a ten-hour climb from base camp, two climbers, Toni Meszner and Leo Spannraft, became the first to reach the summit of Mandani Parbat.

In 1973 a small team from Pune led by Dr G. R. Patwardhan climbed Mandani Parbat on 10 June 1973. On 18 September 1994 a team from Bengal was stopped just 100m below the summit due to a huge crevasse.

Glaciers and rivers
Gangotri Glacier lies on the northern side of Mandani Parbat from the snout of Gangotri Glacier comes out Bhagirathi River one of the main tributaries of river Ganga. On the south western side lies Mandani Glacier, from there comes out Mandani river after a short run it merges with Kali Ganga at Jalmalla near Kalimath which later joins Mandakini River below Naryankoti near Gupt Kashi later it joins Alaknanda River at Rudra Prayag which ultimately joins Bhagirathi River the other main tributaries of river Ganga at Dev Prayag and became Ganga there after.

Neighboring peaks
neighboring peaks of Mandani Parbat:
 * Satopanth, 7075 m30.845°N, 79.2125°W
 * Swachhand Peak, 6721 m30.80944°N, 79.22417°W
 * Chaukhamba I, 7138 m30.88194°N, 79.13361°W
 * Vasuki Parbat, 6792 m30.875°N, 79.175°W
 * Bhagirathi Parbat III, 6454 m30.86917°N, 79.13361°W
 * Kedarnath Peak, 6940 m30.795°N, 79.06944°W
 * Kedarnath Dome, 6831 m30.80861°N, 79.07889°W
 * Sumeru Parbat, 6350 m30.77083°N, 79.12333°W