📍 Pilgrimage📍 Riverside🌄 Viewpoint

Devprayag

Devprayag, Uttarakhand, India

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Overview

The holiest of the five prayags — where the jade Bhagirathi and slate-green Alaknanda visibly braid together and the Ganga is born by name.

Why visit: Stand at the exact two-toned confluence where the Ganga begins.

Things to do

›Sangam bathing ghat
›Raghunathji temple
›Suspension bridge views

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Jun

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹300–800

Duration

2–3 hrs

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Within

15.5 km

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Shivpuri Rafting Point

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Neelkanth Mahadev Temple

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Kunjapuri Devi Temple

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