Its nearest higher neighbor Chaukhamba IV lies 5.5 km east.

In 1938, a German Expedition to the Gangotri Glacier had many first ascents of nearby peaks.

On 20 September 1938, in a ten-hour climb from base camp, two climbers, Toni Meszner and Leo Spannraft, became the first to reach the summit of Mandani Parbat.

[2] In 1973 a small team from Pune led by Dr G. R. Patwardhan climbed Mandani Parbat on 10 June 1973.

[3] On 18 September 1994 a team from Bengal was stopped just 100m below the summit due to a huge crevasse.