At Devaprayag the Bhagirathi is Joined by ______.

The correct answer is Alaknanda.

Key Points

• Devprayag
  • Devprayag is a town and a Nagar panchayat (municipality) in Tehri Garhwal district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
  • It is one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of the Alaknanda River where the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and take the name Ganga.
  • According to mythology, there is another river related to this confluence named Saraswati, which originates from Mana village of Badrinath.
  • Devprayag is the place where the rivers Alaknanda & Bhagirathi are confluent.
  • Devprayag is a town and a Nagar panchayat in Tehri Garhwal District. in the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is the final one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda meets the Bhagirathi river and both rivers thereafter flow on as the Ganges river or Ganga.
  • According to mythology, there is another river that belongs to this confluence named Saraswati, which originates from Mana Village in Badrinath, the footprints of Lord Rama are purported to exist at "Ram Kunda.
  • Devprayag is the home to the priests of Badrinath. They are known as "Pandas."
  • In Devprayag, the river comes from the feet of Shri Raghunath Ji in Raghunath Temple.
  • "Devprayag" means "Godly Confluence" in Sanskrit.
  • Devprayag is the home of the late Acharya, Pt. Chakradhar Joshi (a scholar in Astronomy and Astrology) established Nakshatra VedhShala in the year 1946.
  • Devprayag is surrounded by 3 Godly peaks, namely Giddhanchal Parvat, Dashrathanchal Parvat, and Narsinghancal Parvat.

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