Nanda Prayag - Confluence of rivers Alakananda and Nandakini

• Meditation:

• Meditation:
- Nanda Prayag: I meditate on Nanda Prayag which is the confluence of rivers Alakananda and Nandakini.

देवि सुरेश्वरि भगवति गङ्गे त्रिभुवनतारिणि तरलतरङ्गे ।
शङ्करमौलिविहारिणि विमले मम मतिरास्तां तव पदकमले ॥
- Ganga Stotram - verse 1 (River Alakananda which is a headstream of river Ganga flows through Nanda Prayag)

• Nanda Prayag (Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)

• Greatness:

• Nanda Prayag is a Uttarakhand Pancha Prayag (5 sacred confluences of rivers in Uttarakhand) [Dev Prayag, Rudra Prayag, Karna Prayag, Nanda Prayag, Vishnu Prayag]

• Nanda Prayag is a Divya Desam (Glorified by Alvars) [Thirupirudhi Divya Desam]

• Nanda Prayag is the place where a king named Nanda performed a great yagna.

• Nanda Prayag is the place where the sacred river Alakananda flows.

• Sacred Geography:

◉ Alakananda - Nandakini Sangam (Confluence)

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• Devi:
- Rajrajeshwari Devi
- Chandika Devi

• Krishna:
- Gopalji

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