Rudra Prayag - Confluence of rivers Alakananda and Mandakini

• Meditation:

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

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 Rudra Prayag)

• Rudra Prayag (Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand)

• Greatness:

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

• Rudra Prayag is the place where sage Narada worshipped Lord Shiva to learn the finer points of music.

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

• Sacred Geography:

◉ Alakananda - Mandakini Sangam (Confluence)

• Temples (Summary):

• Shiva:
- Rudranath
- Koteshwar Mahadev

• Devi:
- Chamunda Devi
- Dhari Devi

• Kartik:
- Kartik Swami

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