diff --git a/C/dijkstra.c b/C/dijkstra.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+int *parent, *keys;
+
+int minIndex(int *keys, int *visited, int n)
+{
+    int min = INT_MAX, ind = -1;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+    {
+        if (!visited[i] && keys[i] < min)
+        {
+            min = keys[i];
+            ind = i;
+        }
+    }
+    return ind;
+}
+
+void dijkstra(int adjmat[9][9], int n, int s)
+{
+    parent = (int *)malloc(n * sizeof(int));
+    int *visited = (int *)calloc(n, sizeof(int));
+    keys = (int *)malloc(n*sizeof(int));
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+        keys[i] = INT_MAX;
+    parent[s] = -1;
+    keys[s] = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n ; i++)
+    {
+        int u = minIndex(keys, visited, n);
+        visited[u] = 1;
+        for (int v = 0; v < n; v++)
+        {
+            if (!visited[v] && adjmat[u][v] && keys[u] + adjmat[u][v] < keys[v])
+            {
+                parent[v] = u;
+                keys[v] = keys[u] + adjmat[u][v];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void path(int s, int d)
+{
+    if (d == s)
+        printf("%d ", d);
+    else
+    {
+        path(s, parent[d]);
+        printf("%d ", d);
+    }
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    int mat[9][9] = {{ 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0 },
+                        { 4, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 11, 0 },
+                        { 0, 8, 0, 7, 0, 4, 0, 0, 2 },
+                        { 0, 0, 7, 0, 9, 14, 0, 0, 0 },
+                        { 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0 },
+                        { 0, 0, 4, 14, 10, 0, 2, 0, 0 },
+                        { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 6 },
+                        { 8, 11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 7 },
+                        { 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 6, 7, 0 }};
+    dijkstra(mat, 9, 7);
+    path(7, 4);
+    printf("\nTotal Cost for the path is %d", keys[4]);
+    // for(int i = 0 ; i < 5 ; i++)
+    //     printf("%d ", keys[i]);
+    return 0;
+}
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