Devprayag is a town and a nagar panchayat in Tehri Garhwal district in the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is one of the Panch Prayag of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and take the name Ganga

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The birth place of Ganga. When Bhagirath and Alaknanda meet Ganga appears.

Devprayag (Deva prayāga) is a town and a nagar panchayat (municipality) in Tehri Garhwal districtin the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda Riverwhere Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and take the name Ganga.Traditionally, it is considered to be the place where sage Dev Sharma led his ascetic life, giving birth its present name, Devprayag. It is one of the five sacred confluences in the hills and is an important place of pilgrimage for devout Hindus.[3]Devaprayāga means Godly Confluence in Sanskrit. As per Hindu scriptures, Devaprayaga is the sacred event of merging two heavenly rivers, Alakananda and Bhagirathi, to form the holy Ganga.On a terrace in the upper part of the village is the temple of Raghunathji, built of huge stones, pyramidal in form and capped by a white cupola.[4]Devprayag is the home of the late Acharya, Pt. Chakradhar Joshi (a scholar in Astronomy and Astrology) who established Nakshatra Vedh Shala (an observatory) in the year 1946. This is located on a mountain called Dashrathanchal at Devprayag. The observatory is well equipped with two telescopes and many books to support research in astronomy. It also contains about 3000 manuscripts from 1677 AD onwards collected from various parts of country. Apart from the latest equipment, it also has the ancient equipment like Surya Ghati, Dhruv Ghati which showcase the pride of Bharatiya progress in the field of astronomy. Shri Dr. Prabhakar Joshi and Acharya Shri Bhaskar Joshi (Popularly known as Guruji) are currently in charge and caretakers of the observatory.Other than Sangam and Raghunath Ji Temple in Devprayag, visitors can visit sacred places like Mata Bhuvneshwari temple at nearby village Pundal followed by Dhaneshwar Mahadev temple, Danda Naggaraja (Lord of Snakes) temple and Chandrabadni temple.Devprayag is the place where river Alaknanda & Bhagirathi confluence, but according to mythology, there is another river that belongs to this confluence named Saraswati which originates from Mana Village in Badrinath and in Devprayag, the river comes from the feet of Shri Raghunath Ji in Raghunath Temple. Also according to mythology, the footprints of Lord Rama are purported to exist at Ram Kunda.Devprayag is surrounded by 3 Godly peaks, named Giddhanchal Parvat, Dashrathanchal Parvat, and Narsinghancal Parvat. Giddhanchal Parvat is on top of Raghunnath Ji temple. Narsinghanchal Parvat is in front of Giddhanchal Parvat and Dashrathanchal Parvat is on top right side of Sangam. Lord Shiva is worshiped here in the form of Linga, named Tondeshwar Mahadev and Dhaneshwar Mahadev. Tondeshwar Mahadev is Just in front of Sangam. It is very crowded on the day of Mahashivratri. Many devotees arrive here to donate Gangajal on Linga. Dhaneshwar Mahadev is in route on old Badrinath Way, starts from Bah Bajar (A market in Devprayag). With this way devotees can reach at Just another temple of Maa Durga in Pundal Village. In this temple, Maa Durga is worshiped in Maa Bhuvneshwari form. The temple of Maa Bhuvneshwari is situated at Pundal village which is at footstep of approximately 500m-700m from Dhaneshwar Temple. Mishras live here in Pundal village.Devprayag is divided into three parts. One is Bah Bazzar(Pouri Side part), second one is Beech Bajar (laying down to the Highway No.58)and the third is Shanti Bazar, main bus stand of Devprayag.Devprayag is the home of priests of Badrinath. They are known as Pandas. Every Panda has his own region in whole country. A thousand years ago, when Adiguru Shankaracharya came to the area in Badrikashram in the 8th century, many South Indian Brahmins from different areas with different castes came to Devprayag with Aadiguru. These were Tetriya Krishna Yajur Brahmin. Inspired by the wisdom of the Brahmins, the Maharaja of Garhwal assigned them to worship Lord Ram in Raghunath Temple in Devprayag. When these Brahmins arrived at Badrinath, they were worshiped by the pilgrims. Since then, these Brahmins are known as Panda in Dham and

Bhagirathi and alaknanda river meeting point in a town called devprayag and forming holy Ganga.

Confluence of rivers Alakananda and Bhagirathi.From now onwards the river becomes The Holy Ganga. It comes on the highway to Badarinath.So if you are going to Badarinath from Rishikesh please stop and spare some time here.

Peace of mind

Amazing place . Panoramic views along with religious piece of Mind...Can have bath in sangam where Ganhotri/ Bhagirathi merging with Alakannda/ Mandakini....Well recommended to spend some time or can plan specially for this place as well...Avoid in Rainy season.

Where alakannda meets bhagirathi

Wonderfull place

Cant explain in words,after a long bumpy bike ride on desolate roads suddenly when this place come ,the word at that instant came out was wow.

Holy river

Devprayag is considered important after Prayag Raj. Devprayag finds mention in Naradapurana and Skandapurana. This pilgrimage place on the Rishikesh-Badrinath motorway is located at the confluence of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda.In the Satyuga, a famous sage named Dev Sharma did penance of Vishnu at Devprayag by eating leaves for ten thousand years and standing on one leg for a thousand years. Lord Vishnu was pleased with the devotion and said that ask for the bride I am happy with your penance. Muni Dev Sharma said that God our love be at your feet and this holy area is going to destroy all sins in the Kali Yuga, you should always dwell in this area and the person who worships you in this area will get the highest speed .Lord Vishnu said - this will happen. In Tretayuga, I will be known by the name of Rama, son of Dasaratha, and after killing the demons of Ravana, I will come here for some time by running the kingdom of Ayodhya, till then you stay in this place. Bhagavan became impatient after this and Dev Sharma started living there.Upon coming to Tretayuga, Lord Vishnu was born as Rama, the son of Dasharatha, after killing Ravana and spending some time in Ayodhya and came here and said - O Muni! You will get direct salvation and this place will be famous in all the three worlds. Saying this, Rama, Sita and Lakshman started dwelling at this place. Due to this Dev Sharma Muni, it was named Devprayag.The main temple of Devprayag is the Raghunath Temple. There is a gold urn on the summit of the temple. There is a huge statue of Lord Rama in the sanctum under the summit. There are jewelery on both feet and hands and gold crowns on the head. He has bow and bow in his hands and shield in his waist. On one side is the statue of Sita ji and on the other side is the statue of her brother Laxman. There is a brass statue of Garuda outside the temple. On the right side of the temple are Badrinath, Mahadev and Kalabhairava.To the north of the confluence are the Varah Shila, Vetal Shila, Vashishta Tirtha, Poshpamal Tirtha, Vilva and Surya Tirtha, Bharat jis temple etc. on the banks of the Ganges. To the east of Sangam is Tundishwar Mahadev. There is a sacred tank on the banks of the Alaknanda. It is said that a Bhilani named Tunda meditated here for a long time. Shivji appeared to him and became famous by the name Tundishwar.It is said about the Pushpamala Tirtha that when Vishwamitra was doing penance on the Himwan mountain, Indra, the gods, sent a kinnari named Pushpamala to cause destruction in his penance. Pushpamala left the Kusum arrow of Cupid on Vishwamitra which distracted Vishwamitra. He cursed Pushpamala that you should be makri. On requesting Pushpamala, Vishwamitra said that you should stay in Devprayag for some time. In Treta Yuga, Lord Rama along with Lakshmana will liberate you. When Tretayuga came to Devprayag with Rama Lakshmana and started bathing in the Ganges, Makri snatched him and Ramchandraji beheaded him. As soon as the head was cut off, a nymph appeared and started praising Lord Rama. Then Lord Rama said that from today it will be famous as Poshpamala Tirtha. Worshiping here, I will be pleased with those who take bath. By offering ancestors at this place, they will easily get to heaven.Above the Vetal Tirtha is the Surya Tirtha, in which bathing gives freedom from leprosy. A Brahmin named Meghithithi did austerities to the Sun God here in ancient times. Pleased with that, Lord Surya asked to ask for the bride, then the Brahmin said, Lord, you stay in this shrine and make it famous in the three worlds. Surya said this will happen. It is believed that by taking bath in Surya Kunda on Magha Sudi Saptami, a person stays in the Sun for a long time.When Vamana Lord measured the entire planet in three steps. At that time, a stream of water flowed from his stage nail which fell on Mount Meru, passing through Dhruv Mandal and Saptarishi Mandal and was divided into 4 parts. One stream of which brought King Bhagiratha in the shoes of Shiva who came to be called Bhagirathi and the other stream came through Alkapuri and called Alaknanda. Both came together in Devprayag. This only

I wonder if the water is cold, they ask for money - give it, in 10 minutes the same one again will beat you out of money