NANDA DEVI EAST-1 ANIL SHARMA ARTIST/WILDLIFE TRAVEL PHOTOJOURNALIST This Digital Painting- Nanda Devi East-1, done by Anil Sharma, former Associate Art Director at India Today Magazine, Noida, India. Nanda Devi is a two peaked massif, forming a 2 kilometres (1.2mi) long high ridge, oriented east-west The west summit is higher, and the eastern summit is called Nanda Devi East. Together the peaks are referred to as the twin peaks of the Goddess Nanda. The main summit stands guarded by a barrier ring comprising some of the highest mountains in the Indian Himalayas ( one of which is Nanda Devi East), twelve of which exceed 6,400 m (21,000 ft )in height, further elevating its sacred status as the daughter of the Himalaya in local myth and folklore..