Mythology also states that Shiva proposed to Parvati at Guptakashi before they got married in the small Triyuginarayan village at the confluence of Mandakini and Sone-Ganga rivers . However the old route of 14 km from Gauri Kund to Kedarnath via Rambara was completely washed away in the 2013 North India floods , and new route of 15-16 km was made by the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering ( NIM ) . The distance of Guptakashi to Kedarnath however remains at 22 kilometers and 729.77 meters , which is most important to the celestial nupitials
2013 North India floods
2013 North India floods
Guptakashi