Rikhwani observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Rikhwani
Named places of worship on record
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 September | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
Rikhwani is a small village in Devprayag mandal, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, with 146 residents in 35 households. The literacy rate is 54.8%. It is situated at coordinates 30.261°N, 78.569°E.
By population, Rikhwani ranks #114 of 224 villages in Devprayag mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rikhwani is a village of 146 people in 35 households (Census 2011) in Devprayag tehsil, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 114th-largest of 224 villages in Devprayag tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Tehri Garhwal district centre, 32 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 32 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249161, served by Kirtinagar post office; the LGD village code is 43047. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Nakot, 12 km away. The village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 172 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Malumarora →
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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