There is also a city in the country which is known as Ayodhya. After the confluence of two rivers in this city, Mother Ganga becomes famous throughout the country.
Devprayag Tirtha is considered as Ayodhya of Uttarakhand. Many stories and places related to Treta Yuga are present in Devprayag area.
According to Skandpuran, the name Devprayag was given by Lord Rama himself. Lord Rama performed penance in Devprayag to absolve himself of the sin of killing a Brahma due to the killing of Lanka’s King Ravana. The kinnari Pushpamala, who became a Makari, was freed from the curse of Vishwamitra.
To please Lord Shiva, Ram had established Adi Vishweshwar Shivalinga. According to Skandapuran, King Dashrath himself came here from heaven to take the Pind Daan performed by Lord Rama in Devprayag. Ram’s ancestor Bhagiratha had brought Bhagirathi till Devprayag, which after confluence with Alaknanda became Ganga and went till Gangasagar.
The huge Dasharathachal mountain is also located in Devprayag, on the top of which the stone throne of King Dasharatha still exists. It is here that two symbols of Shravana Kumar’s Tejaswi Kavad were kept even today, there is also Prithudhar in the name of Ram’s ancestor King Prithu.
It is believed that Dashrath’s daughter Shanta did penance in Devprayag and attained Brahmanhood and married Shringi Rishi. Due to the blessing of Shiva, Shanta flows here in the form of a river, in front of it there is also the cave of Shringi Rishi. The Gridhachal mountain on which Devprayag is situated is said to be the penance place of Jatayu. Vashishtha’s penance cave and pond are situated at the Devprayag Sangam site.
The long tunnel of Hanuman’s residence and Sugriva cave are also present in the garden near the Bhagirathi river. Parshuram’s penance place is also present near the Charanpaduka rock of Lord Ram in Ramkund. In Satyayuga, Lord Vishnu, pleased with the penance of Rishi Devsharma, had given him the boon of coming to this place in the form of Ram in Treta and naming Devprayag in his name.
‘Maa Ganga’ is formed by the confluence of two rivers
Since the confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers in Devprayag, Uttarakhand, both the rivers are famous across the country by the name of ‘Mother Ganga’. Every year lakhs of devotees come to have darshan at Sangam. This city is situated on Rishikesh Badrinath National Highway.
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