BHAGIRATHI PEAK-1 ANIL SHARMA ARTIST/WILDLIFE TRAVEL PHOTOJOURNALIST This Digital Painting- Bhagirathi Peak-1, done by Anil Sharma, Associate Art Director at India Today Magazine, Noida, India. Bhagirathi are a group of three peaks namely Bhagirathi-I (6856), Bhagirathi-II (6512 m) and Bhagirathi-III (6454 m). The snowy peak Bhagirathi II is the major peak among the Bhagirthi groups of peaks in Garhwal Himalaya was first climbed by Austrians Edi Ellmauthaler and Toni Messner in 1933. Bhagirathi peaks named after the mythical king Bhagiratha, who called the River Ganges down to earth to wash the ashes and the sins of his ancestors.