Dev Prayag - Confluence of rivers Alakananda and Bhagirathi

► Dev Prayag (690 m) (Uttarakhand Pancha Prayag) (Divya Desam)
(Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand)

◉ Alakananda - Bhagirathi Sangam (Confluence)
▬ River Ganga flows
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))

• Ganga: Dev Prayag is the Sangam of rivers Alakananda and Bhagirathi.
- Dev Prayag
- Raghunathji Temple
- Devi Chandrabadni Temple (nearby)

• Vishnu: Lord Vishnu abides in Dev Prayag as Sri Neelamegha Perumal (Thirukandamennum Katinagar Divya Desam).


देवि सुरेश्वरि भगवति गङ्गे त्रिभुवनतारिणि तरलतरङ्गे ।
शङ्करमौलिविहारिणि विमले मम मतिरास्तां तव पदकमले ॥
- Ganga Stotram - verse 1 (Rivers Alakananda and Bhagirathi which are headstreams of river Ganga meet at Dev Prayag and forms river Ganga)


• Dev Prayag is the place where sage Dev Sharma had performed penance (due to which this place is known as Dev Prayag).

• Dev Prayag is the place where king Dasharatha and Sri Rama meditated.