Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Hinduism, Annapurna is a goddess of fertility and agriculture and an avatar of Durgha. The goddess has lent her name to the Himalayan mountain Annapurna, a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world and one of the "eight-thousanders". Annapurna I was the first eight-thousander to be climbed. Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal reached the summit in 1950. Also refers to some breath-oriented techniques of meditation.\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.