himalay sanskrit ke 'him' tatha 'alay' shabdoan se milakar bana hai, jisaka shabdarth 'barf ka ghar' hota hai. himalay bharat ki dharohar hai.
- mahabharat ke anusar paandav svargarohan ke lie yahian ae the. yudhishthir devarath mean baithakar jab sasharir svarg jane lage to unaki indr se bheant yahian huee thi.
- mahabharat, vanaparv mean pandavoan ki himalay yatra ka b da manoram varnan hai. isake kailas, mainak, gandhamadan namak shikharoan ki kathor yatra pandavoan ne ki thi-
'avekshamanah kailasan mainakan chaiv parvatamh, gandhamadanapadaanshch shvetan chapi shilochchayamh.
uparyupari shailasy bahvishch saritah shivaah prishthan himavatah punyan yayau saptadasheahani.'[1]