River Alakananda

River Alakananda (195 km) (A head-stream of river Ganga)

(Uttarakhand)
1. Alakananda Udgam: Satopanth (Bhagiratha Kharak and Satopanth Glaciers) (7000 m) (Chamoli district)
2. Alakananda flows: Badrinath (3300 m) (Chamoli district) -- (40 km from Joshimath)
3. Alakananda flows: Joshimath (1875 m) (Chamoli district) -- (10 km from Vishnu Prayag)
4. Alakananda - Dhauli-Ganga Sangam: Vishnu Prayag (1372 m) (Chamoli district) -- (72 km from Nanda Prayag)
5. Alakananda - Nandakini Sangam: Nanda Prayag (914 m) (Chamoli district) -- (22 km from Karna Prayag)
6. Alakananda - Pindari Sangam: Karna Prayag (788 m) (Chamoli district) -- (32 km from Rudra Prayag)
7. Alakananda - Mandakini Sangam: Rudra Prayag (610 m) (Rudraprayag district) -- (66 km from Dev Prayag)
8. Alakananda - Bhagirathi Sangam: Dev Prayag (690 m) (Tehri Garhwal district) -- (98 km from Haridwar)
   River Ganga originates from this Confluence

► Satopanth (7000 m)
(Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)

► River Alakananda Udgam
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))

► Badrinath (3300 m) (Swayam Vyakta Kshetra) (Divya Desam) (All India Char Dham) (Uttarakhand Char Dham) (Sapta Badri)
(Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)

☗ Nara Parvat
☗ Narayana Parvat
▬ River Alakananda flows
• Pancha Dharas:
(1) Prahlada Dhara
(2) Kurma Dhara
(3) Bhrigu Dhara
(4) Urvashi Dhara
(5) Indira Dhara
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))


(Skanda Purana - Badarikashrama Mahatmya)

- Lord Vishnu abides in Badrinath or Badarikashrama (which is a Swayam Vyakta Kshetra) as Badri Vishal.

► Joshimath (1875 m) (Divya Desam)
(Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)

▬ River Alakananda flows
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))


- Sri Adi Shankaracharya established the Jyotir Math in Joshimath which is his northern monastery.
- Lord Narasimha abides in Joshimath as Narsingh Bhagavan. The hand of the image of Lord Narsingh is getting thinner day-by-day. It is believed that when the hand breaks, the mountains Nara and Narayana will join together. Then Lord Badrinath will disappear and reappear in Bhavishya Badri.

► Vishnu Prayag (1372 m)
(Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)

◉ Alakananda - Dhauli Ganga Sangam
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))


- Vishnu Prayag is the Sangam of rivers Alakananda and Dhauli-Ganga.

► Nanda Prayag (914 m)
(Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)

◉ Alakananda - Nandakini Sangam
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))


- Nanda Prayag is the Sangam of rivers Alakananda and Nandakini.

► Karna Prayag (788 m)
(Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)

◉ Alakananda - Pindar (Pindari) Sangam
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))


- Karna Prayag is the Sangam of rivers Alakananda and Pindar (Pindari).

► Rudra Prayag (610 m)
(Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand)

◉ Alakananda - Mandakini Sangam
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))


- Rudra Prayag is the Sangam of rivers Alakananda and Mandakini.

► Dev Prayag (690 m)
(Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand)

◉ Alakananda - Bhagirathi Sangam (Confluence)
▬ River Ganga flows
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))


- Dev Prayag is the Sangam of rivers Alakananda and Bhagirathi.