Devprayag, the Glossary
Devprayag (Deva prayāga) is a town and a nagar panchayat, near New Tehri city in Tehri Garhwal District in the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is the final one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda meets the Bhagirathi river and both rivers thereafter flow on as the Ganges river or Ganga.[1]
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- Cities and towns in Tehri Garhwal district
Alaknanda River
The Alaknanda is a turbulent Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and a river considered holy in Hinduism.
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Badrinath
Badrinath is a town and nagar panchayat in Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Bhagirathi River
The Bhāgīrathī (Pron: /ˌbʌgɪˈɹɑːθɪ/) is a turbulent Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism.
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Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.
Dehradun
Dehradun, also known as Dehra Doon, is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Dehradun Airport
Dehradun Airport, also known as Jolly Grant Airport, is a domestic airport serving Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, India.
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Ganges
The Ganges (in India: Ganga,; in Bangladesh: Padma). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The -long river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Gangotri Glacier
Gangotri glacier (Sanskrit and गंगोत्री) is located in Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand, India in a region bordering Tibet.
See Devprayag and Gangotri Glacier
Garhwal division
Garhwal (IPA: /ɡəɽʋːɔɭ/) is one of the two administrative divisions of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Lying in the Himalayas, it is bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Kumaon, on the south by Uttar Pradesh state, and on the northwest by Himachal Pradesh state. It includes the districts of Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, and Uttarkashi.
See Devprayag and Garhwal division
Gomukh
Gomukh, also known as "Gaumukh" or "Gomukhi" (Hindi: गौमुख or गौमुखी; Assamese and Bengali: গোমুখ or গোমুখী), is the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier and the source of the Bhagirathi River, one of the primary headstreams of the Ganga River. Devprayag and Gomukh are Hindu pilgrimage sites in India.
Haridwar
Haridwar (formerly Mayapuri) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. Devprayag and Haridwar are Hindu pilgrimage sites in India.
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Joshimath
Joshimath, also known as Jyotirmath, is a town and a municipal board in Chamoli District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Kisna: The Warrior Poet
Kisna: The Warrior Poet is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language period romance film written, edited, produced and directed by Subhash Ghai and starring Vivek Oberoi (who plays the title role), Antonia Bernath, and Isha Sharvani.
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List of districts in India
A district (zila), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.
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Main stem
In hydrology, a mainstem (or trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries".
Mana Pass
Mana Pass (translit-std) or Chongnyi La (चोंगनी ला) is one of the highest vehicle-accessible passes in the world, containing a road constructed in the 2005-2010 period for the Indian military by the Border Roads Organisation and visible on 2011 imagery on visual globe systems such as Google Earth.
Nagar panchayat
A nagar panchayat or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality.
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National Highway 58 (India)
National Highway 58 (NH 58 NEW) is a National Highway in India connecting Fatehpur and Udaipur in the state of Rajasthan.
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New Tehri
New Tehri is a city and a municipal board in Tehri Garhwal District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Devprayag and New Tehri are Cities and towns in Tehri Garhwal district.
Panch Prayag
Panch Prayag (Pañcha prayāga) is an expression in Hindu religious ethos, specifically used to connote the five sacred river confluences in the Garhwal Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Devprayag and Panch Prayag are Hindu pilgrimage sites in India.
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Pauri Garhwal district
Pauri Garhwal is a district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
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Raghunathji Temple, Devprayag
Raghunathji Temple (also called Tirukantamenum Kadi Nagar) in Devprayag, a pilgrimage town in Tehri Garhwal district in Himalayas in the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, is dedicated to Vishnu.
See Devprayag and Raghunathji Temple, Devprayag
Rishikesh
Rishikesh, also spelt as Hrishikesh, is a city near Dehradun in the Indian state Uttarakhand. Devprayag and Rishikesh are Hindu pilgrimage sites in India.
River source
The headwater of a river or stream is the farthest point on each of its tributaries upstream from its mouth/estuary into a lake/sea or its confluence with another river.
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Rudraprayag
Rudraprayag is a city and a municipality in Rudraprayag district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Satopanth Glacier
The Satopanth glacier is situated in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
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States and union territories of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.
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Tehri Garhwal district
Tehri Garhwal is a district in the hill state of Uttarakhand, India.
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Tibet
Tibet (Böd), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about.
Town
A town is a type of a human settlement.
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand, formerly known as Uttaranchal (the official name until 2007), is a state in northern India.
Wikimapia
Wikimapia (stylized as wikimapia) is a geographic online encyclopedia project.
See also
Cities and towns in Tehri Garhwal district
- Chamba, Uttarakhand
- Devprayag
- Dhalwala
- Dhanaulti
- Gangi, India
- Ghansali
- Kanatal
- Kirtinagar
- Makhlanu
- Muni Ki Reti
- Narendranagar
- New Tehri
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devprayag
Also known as Deoprayag, Dev Prayag, Devaprayag.