Karnaprayag

Himalayan town and sacred site (tirtha)
at the confluence of the Alakananda
and Pindara rivers, in the Chamoli district of the state of Uttar Pradesh. As
with all the other river junctions in the
Garhwal region, this is considered an
especially holy place. Local tradition
ascribes the site’s name to the
Mahabharata hero Karna, who is
believed to have worshiped the sun
at this place. In return he received a
suit of armor that could not be pierced
and a quiver of arrows that could
never be exhausted.