Yamuna
Sign in to saveThe Yamuna (; ) is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of Bandarpunch peaks of the Lower Himalaya in Uttarakhand. It then enters the Indo-Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. It travels and has a drainage system of , 40.2% of the entire Ganges Basin. It merges with the Ganges at Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj, which is a site of the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival held every 12 years.
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The Yamuna is India's longest tributary river, originating in the Himalayan glaciers and flowing through several states before joining the Ganges River at Prayagraj. It is significant because it drains a major portion of the Ganges Basin and its confluence with the Ganges is a sacred site for Hindu pilgrims who gather there during the Kumbh Mela festival held every 12 years.
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- Vishram Ghat, on the Yamuna at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh
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- India
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- Prayagraj
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Article
31 sectionsContents
- Basin
- Palaeochannels: Sarasvati's tributary
- Sources: Banderpoonch peak and Yamunotri glacier
- Current channel
- Important tributaries
- Background
- Etymology
- History
- Use of water
- 1994 water sharing agreement
- Barrages
- Irrigation
- Eastern Yamuna Canal
- Western Yamuna Canal
- Sutlej–Yamuna Link Canal
- National Waterway
- Religious significance
- Purifying waters
- Goddess personified
- Devotion
- Shlokas on Yamuna
- Ecology
- Fauna
- Pollution
- Causes
- Cleanup efforts
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Yamuna (; ) is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of Bandarpunch peaks of the Lower Himalaya in Uttarakhand. It then enters the Indo-Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. It travels and has a drainage system of , 40.2% of the entire Ganges Basin. It merges with the Ganges at Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj, which is a site of the Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival held every 12 years.
Like the Ganges, the Yamuna is highly venerated in Hinduism and worshipped as the goddess Yamuna. In Hinduism, she is believed to be the daughter of the sun god, Surya, and the sister of Yama, the god of death, and so she is also known as Yami. According to popular Hindu legends, bathing in Yamuna's sacred waters frees one from the torments of death.