NEELKANTH PEAK-1 ANIL SHARMA ARTIST/ WILDLIFE TRAVEL PHOTOJOURNALIST This Digital Painting "Neelkanth Peak" done by Anil Sharma, former Associate Art Director at India Today Magazine, New Delhi, India. Neelkanth is a mojor peak of the Garhwal division of the Himalayas, in the Uttarakhand region of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Aothough substantially lower than the highest peaks of the region, it towers dramatically over the valley of the Alaknanda River and rises 3,474 Mts above the Hindu Holy town of Badrinath.