NICHOLAS ROERICH (1874-1947),
Kangchenjunga (8, 538m - 28,169 ft)
India, Népal
In Himalayas at night, Sikkim, 1928-29, tempera on canvas, Private collection
The mountain
Kangchenjunga (8,586 m - 28,169 ft) is the third highest mountain in the world. It lies partly in Nepal and partly in Sikkim, India. Kangchenjunga is the second highest mountain of the Himalayas after Mount Everest. Three of the five peaks – Main, Central and South – are on the border between North Sikkim and Nepal. Two peaks are in the Taplejung District, Nepal.
Kangchenjunga Main is the highest mountain in India, and the easternmost of the mountains higher than 8,000 m (26,000 ft).
Until 1852,
Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but
calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the
Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion
that Mount Everest., known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest.
It
is listed int the Eight Thousanders and as Seven Third Summits
Kangchenjunga is the official spelling adopted by Douglas Freshfield, A. M. Kellas, and the Royal Geographical Society that gives the best indication of the Tibetan pronunciation. Freshfield referred to the spelling used by the Indian Government since the late 19th century. There are a number of alternative spellings including Kangchendzцnga, Khangchendzonga, and Kanchenjunga.
Kangchenjunga is the official spelling adopted by Douglas Freshfield, A. M. Kellas, and the Royal Geographical Society that gives the best indication of the Tibetan pronunciation. Freshfield referred to the spelling used by the Indian Government since the late 19th century. There are a number of alternative spellings including Kangchendzцnga, Khangchendzonga, and Kanchenjunga.
Local Lhopo people believe that the
treasures are hidden but reveal to the devout when the world is in
peril; the treasures comprise salt, gold, turquoise and precious stones,
sacred scriptures, invincible armor or ammunition, grain and medicine.
Kangchenjunga's name in the Limbu language is Senjelungma or
Seseylungma, and is believed to be an abode of the omnipotent goddess
Yuma Sammang.
It rises in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal that is limited in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak Chu and Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River. It lies about 128 km (80 mi) east of Mount Everest.
Allowing for further verification of all calculations, it was officially announced in 1856 that
Kangchenjunga was first climbed on 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band, who were part of a British expedition. They stopped short of the summit as per the promise given to the Chogyal that the top of the mountain would remain inviolate. Every climber or climbing group that has reached the summit has followed this tradition...
The painter
It rises in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal that is limited in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak Chu and Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River. It lies about 128 km (80 mi) east of Mount Everest.
Allowing for further verification of all calculations, it was officially announced in 1856 that
Kangchenjunga was first climbed on 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band, who were part of a British expedition. They stopped short of the summit as per the promise given to the Chogyal that the top of the mountain would remain inviolate. Every climber or climbing group that has reached the summit has followed this tradition...
The painter
Nicholas
Roerich known also as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (Никола́й
Константи́нович Ре́рих) is quite an important figure of mountain
paintings in the early 20th century. He was a Russian painter, writer,
archaeologist, theosophist, perceived by some in Russia as an
enlightener, philosopher, and public figure. In his youth was he was
quite influenced by a movement in Russian society around the occult and
was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices. His paintings
are said to have hypnotic expression.
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