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River Mandakini


River Mandakini (of Kedarnath) (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)


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

Kedarnath Parvat
▬ River Mandakini flows
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))

(Shiva Purana)

- Lord Shiva gave boons to sages Nara and Narayana who performed penance in Kedarnath and abides there as Kedarnatha Jyotirlinga.

Penance of Devi Parvati Gauri Kund, Uttarakhand Gauri Kund (1982 m)
(Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand)

▬ River Mandakini flows
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))


- Devi Parvati performed penance at Gauri Kund and got united with Lord Shiva.

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

Alakananda - Mandakini Sangam
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))


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


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