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

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