महाकवि कालिदास ने हिमालय के बारे में यह वर्णन किया था!
अस्तुरत्तरस्यांम दिशि देवतात्मा, हिमालयो नाम नगाधिराजः !
पूर्वापरो तोय विधि गाह्रा, स्थितिः पृथ्वी व्याम इव मानदण्डः !!
The Great poet Kalidas, a fifth Century AD Poet described the Lord Himalaya:- In the northern quarter is divine Himalayas, the lord of the Mountains, reaching from Eastern to Western Ocean, firm as a rod to measure the earth. There demigods rest in the shade of clouds, which spread like girdle below the peaks but when the rains disturb them, they fly to sunlit summits..