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DEVAPRAYAO (DEOPRAYAG)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 120 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DEVAPRAYAO (DEOPRAYAG)  , a
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village in
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Tehri
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State of the
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United Provinces,
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India . It is situated at the spot where the
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rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi unite and
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form the
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Ganges, and as one of the five sacred confluences in the hills is a
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great
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place of
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pilgrimage for devout
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Hindus . Devaprayag stands at an
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elevation of 2265 ft. on the
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side of a
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hill which rises above it Boo ft . On a
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terrace in the upper
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part of the village is the
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temple of Raghunath, built of huge uncemented stones, pyramidical in form and capped by a
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white
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cupola .

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