Prayag meaning "confluence" in Sanskrit, constitutes a collection of five blessed river confluences in the Garhwal Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand, India. This huge river, emerges from the freezing glaciers of the Himalayas. It starts with the Vishnu Prayag on the Alaknanda River, which is one of the two foundation streams of the most blessed river Ganges in the Garhwal Himalayas and other streams are the Dhauliganga, Mandakini, Pindar and the Bhagirathi - the top stream of the Ganges.
These five river are Vishnuprayag, Nandaprayag, Karnaprayag, Rudraprayag and Devprayag. Every year thousands of pilgrims journey to this gorgeous and sacred position to present prayers to their Lord and get some fresh vigorous air and quiet of mind.
According to the Hindu legends when Goddess Ganga ongoing downward to earth, to treasure the mankind, Earth was not able to face the vigor which Ganga had. To anger her force Ganga was splitted into 12 channels. The siblings again gets join into single stream after Devaprayag.
