The Himalayas, which literally means the abode of snow, is the youngest and the highest range of fold mountains in the world. In India it extends in the east from the borders of Myanmar to where the Indus divides it from the Hindukush and Karakoran ranges, covering a distance of about 2500 km.
The Himalayas include over fifty mountains exceeding 7,200 m (23,600 ft) in elevation, including ten of the fourteen 8,000-metre peaks.
Great Himalayas, also called Higher Himalayas or Great Himalaya Range, highest and northernmost section of the Himalayan mountain ranges. Mount Everest is on the crest of the Great Himalayas of southern Asia. It lies on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
The Himalayas symbolize divine power, supreme spiritual enlightenment, and the meeting point of earth and sky. Known as the "abode of snow" and the home of gods (such as Lord Shiva), they represent stillness, spiritual, and moral endurance. The peaks represent the ultimate challenge, human striving, and absolute, pure consciousness.