Place · river confluence · India
Nandaprayāg
The second of the Panch Prayag of the Alakananda, where the Nandakini joins at 1,358m in Chamoli district. Named for the Kaurava king Nanda who is said to have performed tapasya here — or for Krishna's foster-father Nanda in a Vaishnava reading — the confluence anchors a small Gopalji temple. The settlement sits on the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway and is a standard stop on the Char Dham yatra. Like all five Panch Prayag it is marked by paired ghats where pilgrims bathe at the junction of the two streams.
- Periods
- Classical and Puranic Age, Regional Flourishing, Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions, Early Modern Age, British Colonial Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Water & infrastructure
- Tradition
- Himalayan pilgrimage geography
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 30.335, 79.317
Connections (1)
- Site adjacencyNanda Devī pilgrimage region
The Nandakini river joining the Alaknanda at Nandaprayag rises in the Nanda Devi massif. This ties Nandaprayag to Nanda Devi worship, one of Uttarakhand's most important local goddess traditions, and to the Nanda Devi Raj Jat, the twelve-yearly pilgrimage across the high passes, giving the prayag a strong Devi valence.
On these journeys
Sources
Wikipedia, “Nandaprayag”. Archaeological Survey of India and State Archaeology monument records, and the standard regional literature.
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