River Mandakini

River Mandakini (of Badrinath) (81 km) (A tributary of river Alakananda)

(Uttarakhand)
1. Mandakini Udgam: Chorabari Glacier near Kedarnath
2. Mandakini flows: Kedarnath (Rudraprayag district) -- Jyotirlinga of Lord Shiva (16 km from Gauri Kund)
3. Mandakini flows: Gauri Kund (Rudraprayag district) -- Penance of Devi Parvati, Ganesha getting Elephant head (45 km from Ukhimath, 75 km from Rudra Prayag)
4. Mandakini - Vasuki Ganga Sangam: Son Prayag (Rudraprayag district) -- Near Triyuginarayana Temple (7 km from Gauri Kund)
5. Mandakini - Kali Ganga Sangam: Kalimath (Rudraprayag district) -- Devi Kali vanquishing Raktabeeja (20 km from Ukhimath, 40 km from Gauri Kund)
6. Mandakini - Madhyamaheshwar Ganga Sangam: Ukhimath or Okhimath (Rudraprayag district) -- Connecting point of Pancha Kedars, Omkareshwar Temple (45 km from Gauri Kund)
7. Mandakini - Alakananda Sangam: Rudra Prayag (Rudraprayag district) -- Narada worshipping Lord Shiva (66 km from Dev Prayag)

1. Kedarnath - Kedarnatha Jyotirlinga:

- Kedarnath (3581 m) (Jyotirlinga) (Paadal Petra Sthalam) (Chota Char Dham) (Pancha Kedar)
(Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand)

Shiva: Kedarnath, Bhairavnath

- Kedarnath is the place where Lord Shiva abides as Kedarnatha Jyotirlinga.

Devotees: Nara-Narayana

- Kedarnath is the place where Lord Shiva blessed sages Nara-Narayana who performed penance here (Kedarnatha Jyotirlinga).

Saints: Adi Shankaracharya (Shankaracharya Samadhi)

- Kedarnath is the place from where Sri Adi Shankara left his earthly abode and merged with the Lord.

☗ Kedarnath Parvat
▬ River Mandakini flows
(Shiva Purana) (Skanda Purana - Kedara Khanda)
• Kedarnatha Jyotirlinga - Lord Shiva granting boon to devotees Nara and Narayana
(Shiva Purana - Koti Rudra Samhita - 19)

2. Gauri Kund - Place of penance of Devi Parvati:

- Gauri Kund (1982 m)
(Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand)

Devi Devi Gauri

- Gauri Kund is the place where Devi Parvati performed penance to get united with Lord Shiva.

▬ River Mandakini flows

3. Rudra Prayag - Confluence of rivers Alakananda and Mandakini:

Rudra Prayag (610 m) (Uttarakhand Pancha Prayag)
(Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand)

- Rudra Prayag is the confluence of rivers Alakananda and Mandakini.

◉ Alakananda - Mandakini Sangam (Confluence)