For the ninth-highest mountain in the world, located in Pakistan, seeNanga Parbat. For the highest mountain of Uttarakhand, located in India, seeNanda Devi.
Nanda Parbat is a hidden city nestled high in the mountains ofHindu Kush,Pakistan.[1][2] It is a place of healing and enlightenment watched over by the goddessRama Kushna and her monks. Time moves slower in Nanda Parbat than the outside world.
Rama Kushna is known as the entity responsible for turning aerialist Boston Brand into the ghostlyDeadman. As her spiritual agent, Brand wanders the Earth possessing the bodies of the living and doing good works, in the hopes of finding eventual access to paradise. Deadman has returned to Nanda Parbat on occasion to defend it against attackers such as theSensei of theLeague of Assassins, an aged warrior at one time possessed by Jonah, another of Rama's former agents.
A map had been used to reach Nanda Parbat in the story arcThe Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul written byGrant Morrison andPaul Dini. The map is supposedly composed of seven pieces, including a tattoo, a scrap of parchment, a poem and a birthmark.
Rama Kushna and Nanda Parbat have also played a role in the lives of other DC Comics characters:
Judomaster lived in Nanda Parbat before joiningL.A.W. It is responsible for his slowed aging.
TheCrimson Avenger spent time in Nanda Parbat, seeking meaning in the senseless violence he witnessed inWorld War I. During his convalescence, he received a vision of the future and witnessed thedeath ofSuperman.[3]
In52, theQuestion takesRenee Montoya to Nanda Parbat to be trained by martial arts masterRichard Dragon.[4][5] It is just outside Nanda Parbat that the Question dies from lung cancer.[6]
InBatman #663, Batman enters the state ofNirvikalpa Samadhi using a technique he learned in Nanda Parbat to find a pattern to theJoker's recent murders.[7]
InBlackest Night, Deadman tries to recover his own body in Nanda Parbat but is rejected several times, so he uses otherBlack Lanterns' bodies trying to discover how to use his own body and how to destroy the Black Lanterns.Phantom Stranger helps him and they enter Nanda Parbat.[10]
^Jayson, Jay (September 5, 2017)."Gotham: Where is Bruce?".DC. RetrievedJuly 12, 2018.More than likely, Bruce is being held captive at Nanda Parbat, an ancient monastery fortress that is the home of the League of Assassins (a.k.a. The League of Shadows) and located somewhere in the Himalayan mountains.
^Ostrander, John (w), Chiang, Cliff (p), Chiang, Cliff (i), McCraw, Tom; Jamison (col). "The Dawn of the Golden Age" Golden Age Secret Files and Origins, vol. 1, no. 1 (February 2001). DC Comics.
^Desnoyer, Brad (w), Ferguson, Lee (p), Winn, Ryan (i), Villarrubia, José (col). "Marked Woman" Detective Comics Annual, vol. 1, no. 12 (February 2011). DC Comics.
^Lemire, Jeff (w), Janín, Mikel (p), Drujiniu, Victor (i), Arreola, Ulises (col). "War for the Books of Magic, Part 2: Revelations" Justice League Dark, vol. 1, no. 13 (December 2012). DC Comics.
^Schedeen, Jesse (January 11, 2021)."Batman: Soul of the Dragon Review".IGN. RetrievedOctober 11, 2024.Along the way, viewers are treated to extensive flashbacks to our heroes' early years training in Nanda Parbat under the sly, watchful eye of O-Sensei (James Hong).
^Michael, Jon; Veness, John (November 1, 2018)."Stage 12: The One with the T-Rex Mech -LEGO DC Super-Villains Guide".IGN. RetrievedOctober 11, 2024.Stage 12: The One with the T-Rex Mech is the twelfth stage of the campaign. It's comprised of a prologue and four main areas: Themyscira, Granny's Coliseum, Nanda Parbat, and Dinosaur Island.
