Sudarshan Parbat

Sudarshan Parbat is a mountain of the Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand India.The elevation of Sudarshan Parbat is 6529 m and its prominence is 456 m. It is joint 87th highest located entirely within the Uttrakhand. Nanda Devi, is the highest mountain in this category. Sudarshan Parbat lies 2.1 km south of Chaturbhuj 6654 m and 3.3 km west of Shyamvarn 6135 m. Its nearest higher neighbor Chaturbhuj. It is located 3.7 km SW of Yogeshwar 6678 m and 9.9 km SW lies Manda I 6511 m.

Climbing history
An Indo French expedition of eleven member, four French and seven Indian climbers led by Harish Kapadia attempt Sudarshan and six other peaks surrounding the Swetvarn Bamak. There are some previous claims of first summit of Sudarshan, later found false. On 30 May 1981 First ascent by the east ridge. The Summiters are Hubert Odier, Alain de Blanchaud, Zerksis Boga, Lakhpa Tsering, Bernard Odier and Jacques Giraud. They fixed some 1500 ft of rope on some difficult sections of ice. From the final camp they took six hours to reach the summit.

Glaciers and rivers
Swetvarn Bamak on the Eastern side. Thelu bamak on the Southern side both these Glaciers are tributaries of Raktvarn Bamak which drain itself at Gangotri Glacier. from there emerges Bhagirathi river. one of the main tributaries of river Ganga.

Neighboring peaks
Neighboring peaks of Sudarshan Parbat:


 * Chaturbhuj 6654 m30.99472°N, 79.09361°W
 * Matri 6721 m31.01472°N, 79.06972°W
 * Swetvarn 6340 m30.98667°N, 79.09833°W
 * Kalidhang 6373 m31.04444°N, 79.02222°W
 * Yogeshwar 6678 m30.99889°N, 79.1175°W
 * Thelu 6000 m