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High Season : Apr -June

7 - 18℃

Low Season : Oct - Mar

0 - 20℃

Nearest Airport -DED

Dehradun

Nearest Train Stations -RKSH

Rishikesh Railway station

History

Devprayag (Devaprayga) is a town and Nagar panchayat (township) in Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal district. It is the end of the Alaknanda Panch Prayag river (five rivers confluence), where Alaknanda joins Bhagirathi, and the two rivers flow like the Ganges or Ganges. The city is named after the practitioner Dev Sharma (Dev Sharma), who is believed to be lucky enough to glimpse God. It is believed that Lord Rama and King Dasrata once meditated here.

Facts & Culture

This city is home to the experts at Badrinath Dam. The city of Devprayag has important religious significance among Hindu believers because the sacred Ganges takes its royal form from here. There is an ancient Raghunathji temple built at the confluence of huge stones. This temple is believed to have been built over 10,000 years ago. Nanda Devi Fairs are held in Devprayag, Devprayag, Nauti, Dandidhara, Munsiyari, and Ranikhet, among which Devprayag and Roopkund fairs are the most famous. Nanda Devi Jat is celebrated every year at the Nanda Devi temples in Garhwal and Kumaon. With an area of 3,287,240 square kilometers, India is the seventh-largest country in the world by area and the second-most populous country in the world.