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Devprayag

India / Uttaranchal / Devaprayag /
 town, taluka headquarter
Tehsil Devprayag, District Tehri Garhwal, Uttrakhand, Bharat.

Devprayag is the confluence of River Bhagirathi and River Alaknanda. After confluence of these two holy rivers Ganga River come in the existence.
It is one of the five sacred confluences in the hills and is an important place of pilgrimage for devout Hindus. Devaprayag stands at an elevation of 2265 ft. on the side of a hill which rises above it 800 ft. On a terrace in the upper part of the village is the temple of Raghunath, built of huge uncemented stones, pyramidical in form and capped by a white cupola.


Devprayag , the first prayag (confluence of two or more rivers )is about 70 km from Rishikesh, where the river Alakhanada merges with Bhagirathi to form Ganga. Bhagirathi begins from Gomukh glacier about 18 km from Gangotri, the first among the four Himalayan Dhams. Devprayag is also known as Purshotamma named after the Purshotma temple where the deity is Lord Rama,who is known as Maryada Purush-described by Prabhat Tandon,Bareilly UP India
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devprayag
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Coordinates:   30°8'44"N   78°35'52"E

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  • Vipin Dhyani (guest)
    More news or views on Devprayag talk to Vipingarhwali@yahoo.co.in from Devprayag
  • sudeep (guest)
    praveen panchpuri home dadna
  • kamal (guest)
    The Sangam of two holy rivers Alaknanda from Paudi Garhwal and Bhagirathi from Tehri Garhwal.
  • DrCSKaushik
    Excellent description
  • Satyapal
    A beautiful place to see the nature.
  • Kuldeep Bist (guest)
    My self Kuldeep Bist belongs to Village Mahar (Devpryag), This a holy place of GOD where two rivers are clubing and generating GANGA
  • Pankaj Dhyani (guest)
    The One of the most Beautiful Place to Visit.. Dev Bhoomi ( DEVPRAYAG)
  • DINKERE KOTIYAL (guest)
    MY LOVE PLACE
  • arvind1986singh
    If any one wants to see the real uttranchal i personally sugest to please come and enjoy the holy place named Devprayag.(Sangam Of Holy river Bhagirathi & Alaknanda). By Arvind Singh Bisht
  • Sanjay Bhatt Garhiwal (guest)
    Dharti ka Swarg
  • Rohit Kukki Kotiyal (guest)
    Holy Sangam of two rivers. milan sthan,Devaprayag.
  • Angad Singh Chauhan (guest)
    Devprayag is very good place in uttarakhand. you can say haven of the garhwal
  • sudhirdhyani (guest)
    Devprayag is most one prayag of uttarakhand"s Panchpra
  • sudeep dhyani (guest)
    my hometown........The place,as we know The confluence of river Alaknanda & Bhagirathi but according to our mythology there is another river belonging with this confluence named Saraswati,who originate from Mana village in Badrinath and in Devprayag the river comes from the feet of Shri Raghunath ji in Raghunath Temple..
  • NATWAR LAL KHANDURI (guest)
    KAFEE SUBHIDHAJANAK HAI AEI HOTAL
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