Gaumukh glacier: Journey to the source of the sacred Ganges River


Devprayag; Ganges Sangam of
Alakananda and Bhagiratha tributaries

 

Gaumukh Valley

Ganges River Valley
Approaching Gaumukh

Resting by the Ganges

Resting by the Ganges

  

Gaumukh Glacier

The Ganges emerges from
Gaumukh Glacier

 Bhojabhas

Tent site next to Bhojabhas;
4 km from Gaumukh

 

Gaumukh Glacier

Gaumukh glacier
Source of the sacred Ganges River

Bath in Ganges

A "colder than ice" snana (bath)
in the icy Ganges at Gaumukh

Gaumukh top

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