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Narada Falls is a waterfall in
Narada Falls
NPS History Narada is also a Hindu word meaning and "pure" or "uncontaminated". A variant on the spelling is Neradah and a common mistake is "Nevada Falls".
Mount Rainier National Park
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, in the U.S. state
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. It is said to be the most popular, because the Mount Rainier Highway crosses the falls between its two tiers.
The waterfall drops in two tiers of and . The upper tier is a horsetail that falls in several strands down a nearly sheer cliff, into a canyon that is perpendicular to it. The lower tier is a much smaller plunge. During the winter, the upper falls freezes and becomes a sheer of icicles, which attracts many ice climbers.
History
The waterfall was originally called Cushman Falls, but the name was not widespread. The falls were named Narada by Arthur F. Knight during a week-long trip toMount Rainier
Mount Rainier (), indigenously known as Tahoma, Tacoma, Tacobet, or təqʷubəʔ, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, located in Mount Rainier National Park about south-southeast of Seattle. With a s ...
in 1893 for the Narada branch of the Theosophical
Theosophy is a religion established in the United States during the late 19th century. It was founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and draws its teachings predominantly from Blavatsky's writings. Categorized by scholars of religion a ...
Society of Western Washington, with Narada of a Hindu guru.NPS History Narada is also a Hindu word meaning and "pure" or "uncontaminated". A variant on the spelling is Neradah and a common mistake is "Nevada Falls".
See also
* Narada Falls Bridge *References
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