A report on Yamuna, Himachal Pradesh, Ganges and Uttarakhand

Bathu ki Ladi Temples, near Maharana Pratap Sagar in Kangra are believed to be constructed by Pandavas

Rope bridge across Alaknanda River at Srinagar, 1784-94 – the capital of the Garhwal Kingdom

Banderpoonch peak, the source of Yamuna, as seen from Mussoorie.

Topographic map of Himachal Pradesh. Most of the state is mountainous.

Devprayag, confluence of Alaknanda (right) and Bhagirathi (left), and beginning of the Ganges proper.

Fort of Champawat, 1815 – the first capital of the Chand kings of Kumaon Kingdom

The Yamunotri temple on the river, dedicated to Goddess Yamuna.

Tributary of Chandra, Lahaul and Spiti, from Rohtang Pass (elev. 3,980 m, 13,058 ft)

The Himalayan headwaters of the Ganges River in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand as a part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces

Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) in Kullu

The Gandhi Setu Bridge across the Ganges in Patna, Bihar

Uttarakhand as a part of Uttar Pradesh, 1950–2000

Yamuna river between Saharanpur and Yamunanagar

A sailboat on the main distributory of the Ganges in Bangladesh, the Padma river.

With the elevation of 7816 m above sea level, Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in Uttarakhand and the second-highest mountain in India, following Kangchenjunga in Sikkim.

Course of Yamuna, in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

The Ganges delta in a 2020 satellite image.

With the elevation of 190 m above sea level, Sharda Sagar Reservoir is the lowest land point in Uttarakhand.

A 1908 map showing the course of the Ganges and its tributaries.

Vasudev carrying baby Lord Krishna across the Yamuna, an important legend of Bhagavata Purana, mid-18th century.

The Mall Road is the central business district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh's capital city.

The River Ganges at Kolkata, with Howrah Bridge in the background

Agra Canal headworks at Okhla barrage, Delhi, 1871.

Terrace farming is the most common form of agricultural practice in the state.

Apple blossoms in Manali, Himachal Pradesh

Hardinge Bridge, Bangladesh, crosses the Ganges-Padma River. It is one of the key sites for measuring streamflow and discharge on the lower Ganges.

Taj Mahal is situated on the banks of river Yamuna.

Chromolithograph, Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges, by William Simpson, 1867

Women performing Chanchari – a popular folk dance from Danpur region in Kumaon.

The Yamuna near the Himalayas, just as it reaches the plains, beyond Dehradun in Uttarakhand

Descent of Ganga, painting by Raja Ravi Varma c. 1910

Pilgrims gather for the third Shahi Snan ("royal bath") at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, Uttarakhand on 14 April 2010 during Haridwar Kumbh Mela.

The Yamuna, seen from the Taj Mahal at Agra in Uttar Pradesh

Khirganga is one of the most popular treks in Himachal.

Preparations for cremations on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi], 1903. The dead are being bathed, wrapped in cloth, and covered with wood. The photograph has a caption, "Who dies in the waters of the Ganges obtains heaven."]

A woman winnowing rice, an important food crop in Uttarakhand.

Madan Mohan temple, on the Yamuna at Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, 1789; the river has since shifted further away

Women and children at a bathing ghat on the Ganges in Banares (Varanasi), 1885.

'Keshi Ghat' on the Yamuna at Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh

Shiva, as Gangadhara, bearing the Descent of the Ganges, as the goddess Parvati, the sage Bhagiratha, and the bull Nandi look on (circa 1740).

The Yamuna near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, just a few kilometres before it meets the Ganges

A procession of Akharas marching over a makeshift bridge over the Ganges River. Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, 2001.

Garhwal Himalaya mountain range in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand.

The Yamuna near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, during the monsoon

Head works of the Ganges canal in Haridwar (1860). Photograph by Samuel Bourne.

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun.

A man in Kullu, wearing a traditional Himachali cap.

The Ganges Canal highlighted in red stretching between its headworks off the Ganges River in Haridwar and its confluences with the Jumna (Yamuna) River in Etawah and with the Ganges in Cawnpore (now Kanpur).

Mahasu Devta Temple at Hanol is notable for its traditional wooden architecture.

A girl selling plastic containers in Haridwar for carrying Ganges water.

Architectural details of a Dharamshala, established 1822, Haridwar.

The Yamuna view from Hathni Kund Barrage

Abhisarika Nayika, a painting by Mola Ram.

The releasing of the Uttaranchal crafts map

Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital at Shimla

The catla (Catla catla) is one of the Indian carp species that support major fisheries in the Ganges

Indian Institute of Advanced Study at Shimla

The threatened gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a large fish-eating crocodilian that is harmless to humans

The Gangetic dolphin in a sketch by Whymper and P. Smit, 1894.

People bathing and washing clothes in the Ganges in Varanasi.

West Himalayan Common Peacock (Papilio bianor polyctor)

View of a Bugyal (meadow) in Uttarakhand

Har Ki Doon, a high-altitude hanging valley

Rishikesh view and 13 stories Shiva temple across Lakshman Jhula bridge over the Ganges

Kedarnath Temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas

The Yamuna (Hindustani: ), also spelt Jamuna, is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India.

- Yamuna

Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about 4500 m on the southwestern slopes of Bandarpunch peaks of the Lower Himalaya in Uttarakhand, it travels a total length of 1376 km and has a drainage system of 366223 km2, 40.2% of the entire Ganges Basin.

- Yamuna

The 2525 km river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

- Ganges

Himachal Pradesh is the northernmost state of India and shares borders with the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to the north, and the states of Punjab to the west, Haryana to the southwest, Uttarakhand to the southeast and a very narrow border with Uttar Pradesh to the south.

- Himachal Pradesh

It flows south and east through the Gangetic plain of North India, receiving the right-bank tributary, the Yamuna, which also rises in the western Indian Himalayas, and several left-bank tributaries from Nepal that account for the bulk of its flow.

- Ganges

It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north; the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal to the east; the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh to the south and Himachal Pradesh to the west and north-west.

- Uttarakhand

From Uttarakhand, the river flows into the state of Himachal Pradesh.

- Yamuna

Himachal Pradesh provides water to both the Indus and Ganges basins.

- Himachal Pradesh

The drainage systems of the region are the Chandra Bhaga or the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas, the Sutlej, and the Yamuna.

- Himachal Pradesh

The basin covers parts of four countries, India, Nepal, China, and Bangladesh; eleven Indian states, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, West Bengal, and the Union Territory of Delhi.

- Ganges

Two of the most important rivers in Hinduism originate in the glaciers of Uttarakhand, the Ganges at Gangotri and the Yamuna at Yamunotri.

- Uttarakhand

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State in northern India.

Uttar Pradesh is the largest subdivion by population in the world. The red area has a smaller population than Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha), the lower house of the bicameral legislature.

Sown saplings of rice in a paddy; located in the rich fertile Indo-Gangetic Plain, agriculture is the largest employment generator in the state.

IT premise in Noida, which is known for infrastructure and services, as well as high-end housing complexes.

Indian field hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand

JRHU is the world's first school for the handicapped

Central Drug Research Institute, an autonomous multidisciplinary research institute

The battle of Kurukshetra, folio from the Mahabharata

Devotees inside Krishna temple during Lathmaar Holi

Uttar Pradeshi thali with naan, sultani dal, raita, and shahi paneer

Paan (betel leaves) being served with silver foil

Anandabodhi tree in Jetavana Monastery, Sravasti

A hybrid nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) showing nectar spur, found mainly in Hardoi district

The threatened Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a large fish-eating crocodilian found in the Ganges River

On 9 November 2000, a new state, Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand), was created from Uttar Pradesh's western Himalayan hill region.

The two major rivers of the state, the Ganges and its tributary Yamuna, meet at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, a Hindu pilgrimage site.

The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand and an international border with Nepal to the north, Bihar to the east, Madhya Pradesh to the south, and touches the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to the southeast.