The five prayags.

Chasing rivers like Amazon and Nile and exploring culture along the rivers is an intellectual pursuit. Chasing the river Ganges of India also brought a spiritual significance which was refreshing. The five prayags or confluences of river Alaknanda are Nandaprayag, Karanprayag, Vishnuprayag, Rudraprayag, and Devaprayag. Prayags are preferred for meditation by sages. We did not visit Nandaprayag. At Rudraprayag, Mandakini from Kedarnath merges with Alaknanda and at Devaprayag Bhageerathi from Gangotri merges with Alakananda. At Devaprayag Alaknanda becomes River Ganga officially. Thus Devaprayag is the conclusion for chardham yatris who went seeking the sources of Ganga.