Sonprayag is a small but very important halt village between Guptkashi and Gaurikund, perched beside the Mandakini river. It serves as a major parking and control point for Kedarnath pilgrims and also has guest houses, shops and registration counters. Spiritually, it is revered as a prayag (confluence) where the Mandakini meets the Basuki/Basukini stream, and as a place of purification. The setting is dramatic: bridges, churning water and steep rock cliffs all around.
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History & highlights
According to some local traditions and modern guides, Sonprayag is associated with Lord Shiva and Parvati, with one strand holding that it is linked to their divine marriage or to preparatory rituals before it. For pilgrims, however, its main historical role is practical and ritual: as footfall on the Kedarnath route increased, Sonprayag evolved into an organised staging point where people gather, bathe, and proceed onward—especially after road construction changed older paths. Today, security and crowd management rules make Sonprayag a key checkpoint on the Char Dham route, but beneath the regulations it remains a small mountain tirth where two sacred waters meet.
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