A report on Tamsa River

Tributary of the Ganges flowing through the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

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Rewa district

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District of the Madhya Pradesh state in central India.

District of the Madhya Pradesh state in central India.

The rain-water of the district flows out along two tributary rivers of the Ganges, the Tons or Tamas and the Son.

Kaimur Range

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Eastern portion of the Vindhya Range, about 483 km long, extending from around Katangi in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh to around Sasaram in Rohtas district of Bihar.

Eastern portion of the Vindhya Range, about 483 km long, extending from around Katangi in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh to around Sasaram in Rohtas district of Bihar.

This forms the watershed or divide for two of the major rivers of peninsular India, the Son on the south and Tamsa or Tons on the north.

Ganges

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Trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh.

Trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh.

Bhagirathi River at Gangotri.
Devprayag, confluence of Alaknanda (right) and Bhagirathi (left), and beginning of the Ganges proper.
The Himalayan headwaters of the Ganges River in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
The Gandhi Setu Bridge across the Ganges in Patna, Bihar
A sailboat on the main distributory of the Ganges in Bangladesh, the Padma river.
The Ganges delta in a 2020 satellite image.
A 1908 map showing the course of the Ganges and its tributaries.
The River Ganges at Kolkata, with Howrah Bridge in the background
Lower Ganges in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh
Hardinge Bridge, Bangladesh, crosses the Ganges-Padma River. It is one of the key sites for measuring streamflow and discharge on the lower Ganges.
Chromolithograph, Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges, by William Simpson, 1867
Descent of Ganga, painting by Raja Ravi Varma c. 1910
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."]
Women and children at a bathing ghat on the Ganges in Banares (Varanasi), 1885.
Shiva, as Gangadhara, bearing the Descent of the Ganges, as the goddess Parvati, the sage Bhagiratha, and the bull Nandi look on (circa 1740).
A procession of Akharas marching over a makeshift bridge over the Ganges River. Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, 2001.
Head works of the Ganges canal in Haridwar (1860). Photograph by Samuel Bourne.
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).
A girl selling plastic containers in Haridwar for carrying Ganges water.
Ganges from Space
Lesser florican (Sypheotides indicus)
The catla (Catla catla) is one of the Indian carp species that support major fisheries in the Ganges
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.
The Ganges at Sultanganj.

Now flowing east, the river meets the 400 km long Tamsa River (also called Tons), which flows north from the Kaimur Range and contributes an average flow of about 187 m3/s.

Chachai Falls

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In Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

In Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

The Chachai Falls is on the Beehad River, a tributary of Tamsa or Tons River as it comes down from the Rewa Plateau.

Keoti Falls

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In Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

In Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

The Keoti Falls is on the Mahana river, a tributary of Tamsa or Tons River as it comes down from the Rewa Plateau.

Sage Valmiki composing the Ramayana

Valmiki

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Celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature.

Celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature.

Sage Valmiki composing the Ramayana
The youthful sage Narada at the white-bearded Valmiki's hermitage
Sita in Valmiki hermitage
Rama with Sita on the throne, their children Lava and Kusha on their laps. Behind the throne, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna stand. Hanuman bows to Rama before the throne. Valmiki to the left.

On the way, they came across the Tamasa Stream.

Kusha, one of the twin sons of Rama and Sita.

Kusha (Ramayana)

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Kusha or Kusa or Kush (Sanskrit: कुश) and his twin brother Lava were the children of Rama and Sita.

Kusha or Kusa or Kush (Sanskrit: कुश) and his twin brother Lava were the children of Rama and Sita.

Kusha, one of the twin sons of Rama and Sita.
Valmiki trains Lava Kusha in Art of Archery
The Sage Valmiki, teaching Ramayana to Kusa and Lava

She then took refuge in the ashram of the sage Valmiki located on the banks of the Tamsa River.

Lava, one of twin sons of Rama and Sita

Lava (Ramayana)

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Lava (लव) and his twin brother Kusha, were the children of Rama and Sita.

Lava (लव) and his twin brother Kusha, were the children of Rama and Sita.

Lava, one of twin sons of Rama and Sita
Valmiki trains Lava and Kusha in the Art of Archery
The Sage Valmiki, teaching Ramayana to Lava and Kusa
Kusha and Lava recite Ramayana in Court of Rama

She chose self-exile and took refuge in the ashram of Sage Valmiki located on the banks of the Tamsa river.

Bahuti Falls

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Waterfall in Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Waterfall in Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

It is on the river Nihai (also called as Odda) as it rushes down the edge of the Valley of Mauganj to join the Belan River, which is a tributary of Tamas or Tons River.

Teonthar

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Town and a nagar panchayat in Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Town and a nagar panchayat in Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

The town is situated on the banks of Tamsa River (also known as the Tons River) which is a tributary of the Ganges.