Devprayag

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