Devprayag In India Map

In devprayag, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Devprayag, the late acharya is the home of pandit chakradhar joshi who was a scholar in astronomy and astrology. Devprayag, perched at an elevation of 830 metres ( 2,723 feet ), is a scenic as well as religiously important town located in tehri garhwal district in the state of uttarakhand, india.

Devprayag, perched at an elevation of 830 metres ( 2,723 feet ), is a scenic as well as religiously important town located in tehri garhwal district in the state of uttarakhand, india. It is believed that lord rama and the king dushratha. Who founded the constellation vedh shala (an observatory) in 1946.

It is the first and foremost prayag en route sri badrinath and sri kedarnath from haridwar.

Summers are quite pleasant with ample amount of sunshine and provide a respite from the rough summers in rest of india. Devprayag, in sanskrit, prayag means ‘confluence’ and devprayag stands for ‘holy confluence’. The united stream after the confluence becomes the holy river of ganga. The holy town of devprayag which is situated within the district of tehri garhwal and on an elevation of 2,723 metres above sea level it marks the merging point of two of the holy rivers of bhagirathi and alaknanda forming river ganga which is ultimately worshipped all over the indian subcontinent.