Uttarakhand - Enroute Haridwar

This was a route I took twice in June 2015 during a trek to Valley of flowers, Hemkund Sahib and again for a trek during December 2016 to Brahmatal-Jatropani summits.

The entire stretch enroute Valley of flowers/Hemkund Sahib-Govindghat-Joshimat-Nanda Prayag-Karnaprayag-Srinagar-Haridwar and also the enroute Lohajung-Karnaprayag-Srinagar-Haridwar was a splendid route with valleys, number of tributaries like Pushwati, Laxman Ganga, Saraswati joining the river Alakananda; further river Bhagirati joining Alakananda at Devprayag forming the holy river Ganga or the Ganges. All of them flow by the mountains, from and into the valleys, the journey on the road more than 12 hours wasn’t enough for the eyes and soul to enjoy the varied and colorful landscapes. Was also amazng to see at the edge of mountains while the rivers were flowing beneath, there stood numerous houses and temples along way at places like Devprayag and Rishikesh.

Enroute Govindghat:

During my trek to the Valley of Flowers and Hemkund Sahib in June 2015, was monsoons and it was common to winess rains and landslides due to which river Ganga was in her brown muddy water form surrounded by the green mountain ranges.

However, during December 2016 while returning from the Brahmatal & Jatropani summits, though almost the same route it was astonishing to see different shades of green rivers joining along way. One should be really lucky to live in India and witness in different seasons the beauty of mountains and rivers. The entire way itself was like a movie that narrated stories of rivers and mountains and simply cannot escape my memories. MUST visit and this surely is not a destination but the entire journey!!

At Dev Prayag we see two different Turqoise colorful rivers arkavati and Bhagirati joining to form river Ganga. 

Our Beautiful River Ganga:

        River Alaknanda & Bhagirati:

 River Pushpawati:
The Pushpawati river in the valley of flowers area got its name while Rama was trying to take water for Sita and noticed numerus flowers flowing from the river hence the name.