After killing Ravana, Lord Rama did penance in Devprayag to absolve himself from the sin of killing a Brahma.
Later, Adi Guru Shankaracharya established the Raghunath temple at the same place. The mention of the ancient Raghunath temple of Devprayag is found not only in Kedarkhand.
In fact, Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang has also mentioned it in his travelogue.
The temple is also mentioned in the inscriptions of the temple complex and several old copper plates of the ancient Panwar rulers of Garhwal.
According to historians, Guru Shankar, son of King Kanakpal of Panwar dynasty, constructed the temple peak using wood.
The period of Guru Shankar and Adi Guru Shankaracharya is of the eighth century. Due to the change in the spire of the temple during that period, it is believed that this temple was built by Shankaracharya.
It is mentioned in Kedarkhand that in Treta Yuga, to get rid of the guilt of killing Brahma, Shri Ram performed penance in Devprayag and established Vishveshwar Shivlingam.
19 names inscribed in Brahmi script of the first century on the rock in the temple parikrama and stone circles of the megalithic period show its antiquity.
The Singhdwar Dhoka of the temple was built during the Gorkha rule. Raghunath temple built in Kaityuar style has pavilion, mahamandal, sanctum sanctorum and amalak on the peak.
Mahapuja takes place in the month of Paush: According to Kedarkhand, pleased with the penance of Devsharma Muni in Satyayuga, Lord Vishnu gave him the boon of coming to Devprayag in the form of Ram in Tretayuga. Before sunrise in the month of Paush, a great puja dedicated to Lord Rama takes place here.
Badrinath Dham Teerth Purohit Samaj is the priest here. There is a tradition of reaching the 101 stairs from Sangam to Raghunath temple by chanting the name of Ram.
The statue of God is on granite: There are temples of Lord Ganesha, Adi Badri, Maa Annapurna, Bhagwati, Chandreshwar Mahadev, Hanuman, Bhairav Kshetrapal etc. in the temple complex around Raghunath Temple. There is a statue of Raghunath in the central temple.
Which is a granite statue in standing posture. Its height is about six and a half feet. The central shrine has a deula which is a conical roof over the sanctum.