Yamuna

Also known as Jamna, Jumna river, Jumna, Yamuna River

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.

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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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River.name: Yamuna
River.image: File:Vishram Ghat.jpg
River.image_caption: Vishram Ghat, on the Yamuna at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh
River.map: Yamunarivermap.jpg
River.map_size: 240px
River.map_caption: Map
River.pushpin_map_size: 240px
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: India
River.subdivision_type2: State
River.subdivision_type5: Cities
River.discharge1_location: Prayagraj
River.source1: Yamunotri
River.source1_location: Banderpooch peaks, Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, India
River.mouth: Ganges
River.mouth_location: Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj, India

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Wikidata facts

Image: Taj Majal y rio Yamuna.JPG
Length: 1376

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Commons category: Yamuna River
watershed area: 351000
discharge: 3480
native label: यमुना

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Contents

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

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.