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Bagmati River, the Glossary

The Bagmati River flows through the Kathmandu valley of Nepal, separating the cities of Kathmandu and Patan, before flowing through Madesh Province of southern Nepal and joining the Kamla River in the Indian state of Bihar.^[1]

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Rivers of Bagmati Province
Rivers of Bihar
Rivers of Madhesh Province

Arun River (China–Nepal)

The Arun River (अरुण नदी) is a trans-boundary river and is part of the Kosi or Sapt Koshi river system in Nepal. Bagmati River and Arun River (China–Nepal) are International rivers of Asia.

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Bagmati Province

Bagmati Province (बागमती प्रदेश, Vāgmatī pradēśa) is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal.

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Bairgania

Bairgania is a town and notified area in the Sitamarhi district in the state of Bihar, India.

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Bihar

Bihar is a state in Eastern India.

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Bisnumati River

The Bishnumati River (also known as Bisnumati River)(Nepal Bhasa:, विष्णुमति नदी), is a river flowing in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal that originates at Tokha on Shivapuri Mountain, north of Kathmandu. Bagmati River and Bisnumati River are rivers of Bagmati Province.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Chobhar

Chobhar (or Chovar, or Chobar) is a village in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal and part of Kirtipur Municipality.

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Chobhar caves

Chobhar caves are an extensive network of natural phreatic caves near the village of Chobhar, which is located 9 km southwest of Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Dakshinkali Temple

Dakshinkali Temple, also Dakshin Kali Temple or Dakshina Kali Temple, located outside Kathmandu and about outside the village of Pharping, is one of the major Hindu temples in Nepal dedicated to the goddess Kali.

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Darbhanga district

Darbhanga district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India, and Darbhanga city is the administrative headquarters of this district and 5th largest city of Bihar as well.

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Gandaki River

The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left-bank tributary of the Ganges in India. Bagmati River and Gandaki River are International rivers of Asia and rivers of Bihar.

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Ganesha

Ganesha (गणेश), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Lambodara and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect.

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Gargoyle

In architecture, and specifically Gothic architecture, a gargoyle is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing it from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between.

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Ghaghara

The Ghaghara River, also known as the Karnali River in Nepal, Mapcha Tsangpo in Tibet, and the lower Ghaghara in Awadh is known as the Sarayu River, is a perennial trans-boundary river that originates in the northern slopes of the Himalayas in the Tibetan Plateau, cuts through the Himalayas in Nepal and joins the Sharda River at Brahmaghat in India. Bagmati River and Ghaghara are International rivers of Asia.

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Gokarneshwor Mahadev temple

Gokarna Mahadev (The Gods of Gokarna) or Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple (The Lord of Gokarna) is an important Nepali temple, situated near the village of Gokarna, several kilometers northeast of Bodhnath in the Kathmandu Valley.

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Gopal Raj Vamshavali

The Gopal Raj Vamshavali (IAST: Gopālarājavaṃśāvalī, Devanagari: गोपालराजवंशावली) is a 14th-century hand-written manuscript of Nepal which is primarily a genealogical record of Nepalese monarchs.

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Guhyeshwari Temple

Guhyeshwari Temple (गुह्येश्वरी मन्दिर), also spelled Guheswari or Gujeshwari, is one of the revered holy temples in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Gunakamadeva

Gunakamadeva was a Thakuri ruler credited with the founding of Kathmandu.

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Hindu temple

A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Koil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Jal Binayak Temple

Jal Binayak (जलविनायक) is a Hindu Temple of Lord Ganesh located in the Chobhar, central part of Kathmandu District, Nepal.

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Jung Bahadur Rana

Jung Bahadur Rana,, was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817-1877).

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Kamala River

The Kamala River (Hindi and कमला नदी; romanized: Kamalā nadī) originates in Nepal and flows through the Indian state of Bihar. Bagmati River and Kamala River are International rivers of Asia, rivers of Bihar and rivers of Madhesh Province.

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Kathmandu

Kathmandu, officially Kathmandu Metropolitan City, is the capital and most populous city of Nepal with 845,767 inhabitants living in 105,649 households as of the 2021 Nepal census and approximately 4 million people in its urban agglomeration. Bagmati River and Kathmandu are Newar.

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Kathmandu Durbar Square

Kathmandu Durbar Square (Nepal Bhasa: येँ लायकु/𑐥𑐾𑑄 𑐮𑐵𑐫𑐎𑐹, Nepali: हनुमानढोका दरबार; Basantapur Durbar Kshetra) is a historically and culturally significant site in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Kathmandu Valley

The Kathmandu Valley (काठमाडौं उपत्यका), also known as the Nepal Valley or Nepa Valley (नेपाः उपत्यका, Nepal Bhasa: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑑅𑐐𑐵𑑅, नेपाः गाः), National Capital Area, is a bowl-shaped valley located in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. Bagmati River and Kathmandu Valley are Newar.

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Khagaria district

Khagaria district is an administrative district in Mithila region in the state of Bihar in India.

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Kirati people

The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti, are Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic groups and indigenous peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state of Sikkim and the northern hilly regions of West Bengal, that is, Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts).

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Kosi River

The Kosi or Koshi is a transboundary river which flows through China, Nepal and India. Bagmati River and Kosi River are International rivers of Asia, rivers of Bihar and rivers of Madhesh Province.

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Koteshwor

Koteshwor is a place, located in Kathmandu District.

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Koteshwor Mahadevsthan

Koteshwor Mahadevsthan (कोटेश्वर महादेवस्थान) is one of the holy places of Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone.

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Kushe Aunsi

Kushe Aunsi (Gokarna Aunsi or Buwa ko Mukh Herne Din) is a Nepalese Hindu lunar festival of celebrating fatherhood and paternal bonds, equivalent to the Father's Day celebration.

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Lakhandei River

The Lakhandei River is a river in southern Nepal and in the state of Bihar in India. Bagmati River and Lakhandei River are rivers of Bihar and rivers of Madhesh Province.

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Lalitpur, Nepal

Lalitpur Metropolitan City (पाटन Pāṭana, Nepal bhasa: Yala) is a metropolitan city and fourth most populous city of Nepal with 299,843 inhabitants living in 49,044 households per the 2021 census. Bagmati River and Lalitpur, Nepal are Newar.

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Leela Mani Paudyal

Leela Mani Poudyal is Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal between 2012 and 2015.

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Licchavis of Nepal

The Licchavis of Nepal (also Lichchhavi, Lichavi) was a kingdom which existed in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal from approximately 450 CE to 750 CE.

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Lingam

A lingam (लिङ्ग, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism.

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Lower Himalayan Range

The Lower Himalayan Range (पर्वत शृङ्खला parbat shrinkhalā) – also called the Middle Himalayas or Lesser Himalayas or Himachal – is a major east–west mountain range with elevations 3,700 to 4,500 m (12,000 to 14,500 feet) in the northernmost regions of the Indian subcontinent along the crest, paralleling the much higher High Himalayas range from the Indus River in Pakistan across northern India, Nepal and Bhutan but then the two ranges become increasingly difficult to differentiate east of Bhutan as the ranges approach the Brahmaputra River.

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Madhesh Province

Madhesh Province is a province of Nepal in the Terai region with an area of covering about 6.5% of the country's total area.

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Majjhima Nikāya

The Majjhima Nikāya ("Collection of Middle-length Discourses") is a Buddhist scripture collection, the second of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Piṭaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka (lit. "Three Baskets") of Theravada Buddhism.

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Makwanpur District

Makwanpur District (मकवानपुर जिल्ला), in Bagmati Province, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal.

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Mughal painting

Mughal painting is a South Asian style of painting on paper confined to miniatures either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums (muraqqa), originating from the territory of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent.

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Muzaffarpur district

Muzaffarpur District is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Nepal Police

Nepal Police is the national and primary law enforcement agency of Nepal.

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Nepali Army

The Nepali Army (translit), also referred as the Gorkhali Army (label; see Gorkhas), is the land service branch of the Nepali Armed Forces.

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Pashupatinath Temple

The Pashupatinath Temple (पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर.) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupati, a form of Shiva.

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Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal

Tripurasundari (रानी ललित त्रिपुरासुन्दरी; 1794 – 6 April 1832), also known as Lalit Tripura Sundari Devi, was a queen consort of Nepal by marriage to King Rana Bahadur Shah of Nepal.

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Rana Bahadur Shah

Rana Bahadur Shah, King of Nepal (श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज रण बहादुर शाह देव; 25 May 1775 – 26 April 1806) was the third King of Nepal, he succeeded to the throne after the death of his father, King Pratap Singh Shah.

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Sacred waters

Sacred waters are sacred natural sites characterized by tangible topographical land formations such as rivers, lakes, springs, reservoirs, and oceans, as opposed to holy water which is water elevated with the sacramental blessing of a cleric.

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Samastipur district

Samastipur is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar in India.

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Sati (Hindu goddess)

Sati (सती), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी, IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī, lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti.

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Sheohar district

Sheohar (pronounced Shivahar) is an administrative district in the Mithila region of Bihar in India.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.

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Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park

Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park is the ninth national park in Nepal and was established in 2002.

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Sitamarhi district

Sitamarhi is one of the districts in the Mithila region of the Indian state of Bihar, India.

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Sivalik Hills

The Sivalik Hills, also known as the Shivalik Hills and Churia Hills, are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas.

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Skanda Purana

The Skanda Purana (IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest Mukhyapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts.

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Sundarijal

Sundarijal is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Gokarneshwar Municipality in Kathmandu district in Province No. 3 of central Nepal.

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Swayambhunath

Swayambhunath (Devanagari: स्वयम्भू स्तूप; Nepal Bhasa: स्वयंभू; sometimes Swayambu or Swoyambhu) is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. Bagmati River and Swayambhunath are Newar.

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Terai

The Terai or Tarai is to a lowland region in parts of northern India and southern Nepal that lies to the south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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Thapathali Durbar

Thapathali Durbar (थापाथली दरवार) was a palace complex in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.

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Tibet

Tibet (Böd), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about.

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Tiger

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a member of the genus Panthera and the largest living cat species native to Asia.

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Tukucha Khola

The Tukucha Khola (टुकुचा खोला) is a tributary of the holy Bagmati River in Nepal. Bagmati River and Tukucha Khola are rivers of Bagmati Province.

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Turbidity

Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air.

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Vinaya Piṭaka

The Vinaya Piṭaka (English: Basket of Discipline) is the first of the three divisions of the Tripiṭaka, the definitive canonical collection of scripture of Theravada Buddhism.

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West Rapti River

The West Rapti, also known as the Kuwano, is a river which drains Rapti Zone in Mid-Western Region, Nepal, then Awadh and Bhojpur-Purvanchal regions of Uttar Pradesh state, and finally India before joining the Ghaghara. Bagmati River and West Rapti River are International rivers of Asia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagmati_River

Also known as Baghmati, Baghmati River, Bagmati, Pollution of the Bagmati River.

, Rana Bahadur Shah, Sacred waters, Samastipur district, Sati (Hindu goddess), Sheohar district, Shiva, Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, Sitamarhi district, Sivalik Hills, Skanda Purana, Sundarijal, Swayambhunath, Terai, Thapathali Durbar, Tibet, Tiger, Tukucha Khola, Turbidity, Vinaya Piṭaka, West Rapti River.

Bagmati River, the Glossary

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See also

Rivers of Bagmati Province

Rivers of Bihar

Rivers of Madhesh Province

References