Augustmuni

Augustyamuni is a small town situated along the bank of Mandakini river. It is famous for the temple of Maharshi Priya Ranjan and is named on Religious Guru Agastya. This small town falls under hilly district Rudraprayag and is 16 km from Rudraprayag Headquarters. There is an open ground where a helicopter and chopper facility is available for the famous Hindu religious place Kedarnath meanwhile we can see the ground as a sports ground as well. This ground is associated with Sage Agastya and is a centre of cultural activities in the town and area. Being a hilly place there are many amusing visiting place available at Augustyamuni for tourists and pilgrims. Including the Katyuri architecture built temple of Agastya Rishi. There are small temples like Purana Deval and Gangtal Mahadev on the outskirts of this town. Purana Deval temple was destroyed during the 2013 Kedarnath floods.

Augustyamuni is connected to Vijaynagar market , Vijaynagar is also a part of Augustyamuni meanwhile it has its own name, as we go to further away from Augustyamuni we can see places like Ganganagar, Baidubagar, Chandrapuri and Banaswada. Augustyamuni edges with village Dhanyu too. The housing and buildings are expanded as such that the two localities are physically merged now.

Education and health facilities are available in Augustyamuni. There are many public schools running under the state government like Gauri Memorial Intermediate School, Agastya Public School, Rose Bud Academy, Children's Public School etc. There is a central government run Kendriya Vidyalaya, Augustyamuni. Government Inter College and Government Girls College are also running here from decades. So there are good and feasible education facilities available for students. A PG college is also situated in Jawaharnagar area where students from all over the district come to pursue graduation and post graduation in Arts, Commerce and Science. A BEd faculty is also present.

There is a government run hospital too. As well as some private practices. Dental health facilities are also present. Postal services are operated via Post office. Pincode for the town is 246421.

The market in this town is expanding with the expansion of town and rise in tourist number. The town lies on the National Highway to Kedarnath and a key spot for tourists to rest and explore. Local villages as well as other localities also come to Augustyamuni for shopping basic necessities.

Town locals believe in Sage Agastya and worship him. As this town consists of people from different villages all over the district who came here in the search of employment or education, it forms a town of people from different villages and areas. But the majority of people are Garhwalis.

This town is a beautiful place with a potential to develop as a great tourism spot and sports complex. Its prosperity and population is increasing continuously.