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  Bhimashankar Pilgrimage Maharashtra,Bhimashankar Pilgrimage Destination,Maharashtra Pilgrimage Destinations
Bhimashankar is also the source of the river Bhima, which flows south-east and merges, with the Krishna river near Raichur.
Shivaa is said to have taken abode in the Bhima form, upon the request of the Gods, on the crest of the Sahyadri hills.
Bhimarathi River is said to have formed out of the sweat that poured from the body of Shivaa after the battle.
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  The 12 Jyotirlingas
6          Bhima Shankar in Dakini northwest of Poona, in Dhakini, Maharashtra
Bhima was an asura, son of Kumbakarnan and Karkadi.
Kedarnath, at the head of the Mandakini River, is amongst the holiest pilgrimages for the devout Hindu.
www.jyotirlinga.com /jyotir.html   (3031 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bhima River
The principal tributaries of the river are the Parvara, the Purna, the Manjra, the Penganga, the Wardha, the Wainganga, the Indravati and the Kolab.
The Korayar The river Korayar is a tributary to the Tamiraparani.
Aintharuviar The Aintharuviar is one of the tributaries of the river Chittar.
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 Deccan - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Godavari River and its tributaries, including the Indravati, drain most of the northern portion of the plateau, rising in the Western Ghats and draining east towards the Bay of Bengal.
The Krishna River and its tributaries, including the Bhima River, which also run from west to east, drain the central portion of the plateau.
The southernmost portion of the plateau is drained by the Cauvery River, which rises in the Western Ghats of Karnataka and bends south to break through the Nilgiri hills into Tamil Nadu, emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Deccan_Plateau   (618 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Bhima   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Bhima, like his beloved wife, Draupadi, by and large, acts based on the desires of Lord Krishna, and never went against his wishes.
Bhima was one of the brothers who liked to fight, even when he was young.
In the Kurukshetra War, Bhima killed the equivalent of six akshohini (or akshauhini) army (1 akshohini is approximately 150,000 men and a few thousands of horses and elephants).
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 Bhima River - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The river originates in the forest of Bhimashankar in Pune, and flows through the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.It is a major tributary of the Krishna River.
Many smaller rivers feed into it, such as the Kundali River which flows into the Upper Bhima River Basin.
Bhima River, Major Towns and Cities along the river and Rivers of Karnataka.
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 Karnataka Vision - Main Rivers and Dams of Karnataka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Tungabhadra River: The Tungabhadra is a chief tributary of the Krishna River.
Krishna River: The Krishna River is one of the longest rivers of India.
Kabini River: Kabini River is a tributary of river Kaveri, it originates in Wayanad District of Kerala state, south India from the confluence of the Panamaram and Mananthavady rivers, and flows eastward to join the Kaveri River at Tirumakudal Narasipur.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Ghats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Manjra and Indravati rivers are its chief tributaries.
The river supplies water for the irrigation of extensive areas in all three states; its flow fluctuates...
River of ritual; A filmmaker gained intimate access to the burning ghats on the Ganges, where Hindus cremating their loved ones believe salvation may be found.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Bhima River originates in Bhimashankar hills on the western side of Western Ghats, known as Sahyadri, in Maharashtra state in India.
Bhima is a major tributary of the Krishna River.
The river is prone to flooding due to heavy rainfall during the monsoon season.
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 Krishna River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The delta of Krishna river is one the most fertile regions of India and was the home of ancient Satavahana and Ikshvaku kings.
The traditional source of the river is a spout from the mouth of a statue of a cow in the ancient temple of Mahadev in Mahabaleshwar.
Popular pilgrim spots like Audumber and Narsobawadi are located on the banks of river Krishna near Sangli in Maharashtra state.More pilgrim spots especially that of Srisailam, one of the twelve jyotirlingas which also has a shrine for one of the shaktipeethasis on the river.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Krishna_River   (534 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
The delta of the river is one the most fertile regions in India and was the home to ancient Satavahana and Ikshvaku kings.
The legendary source of the river is a spout from the mouth of a statue of a cow in the ancient temple of Mahadev in Mahabaleshwar.
Ecologically, this is one of the disastrous rivers in the world, in that it causes heavy soil erosion during the monsoon season.
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 Situation Reports: India: Floods - Jun 2005, India: South West Monsoon 2005 - Flood Situation Report 8 Aug 2005
River Bhima at Deongaon (Karnataka) is flowing at 406.24 m against the danger level of 407m and the highest flood level (HFL) ever attained of 406.24 m, with a falling trend.
River Brahmaputra at Dibrugarh (Assam) is flowing at 105.24 m against the danger level of 104.24 m with a rising trend.
River Kosi at Basua (Bihar) is flowing at 48.08 m against the danger level of 47.75 m with a rising trend.
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 MAHABHARATA - ARRIVAL OF PANDAVAS AT HIMALAYA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Bhima took the tail and tried to push it aside but the tail did not move.
I am Bhima, son of the strongest among the gods, Vayu and a Pandavas." The monkey smiled and said I am also son of lord Vayu and I am a monkey only, I am a servant of the devotees of lord Rama.
Bhima full of awe and reverence had prostrated himself on the feet of the great monkey-god.
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 Bhimashankar - Jyotirlinga
Bhimashankar is also the source of the river Bhima, which flows south east and merges with the Krishna river near Raichur.
This temple is closely associated with the legend of Shiva slaying the demon Tripurasura associated with the invincible flying citadels Tripuras.
Shiva is said to have taken abode in the Bhima form, upon the request of the Gods, on the crest of the Sahyadri hills, and the sweat that poured forth from his body after the battle is said to have formed the Bhimarathi river.
www.templenet.com /Maharashtra/bhima.html   (580 words)

  
 Rivers of Western Ghats - Rivers of Western Ghats
The length of the river is 22 kms.
It states that when Agasthiyar was requested by Lord Siva to move to the South, Parvathi Devi, the divine consort of Siva filled the sage's font meant to hold water for poojas (kamandala) with the water from the Ganges and on his arrival at Pothigai, he released it and the water ran as Tamiraparani.
The river contributes a lot, as tributary, to enhance the water level of Tamiraparani as it is always in full spate and perennial.
ces.iisc.ernet.in /biodiversity/documents/rivers.htm   (4296 words)

  
 hippos of the Black Volta River
As a result the river was twice as wide as had been expected and access to the riverbank was impossible except in a few places.
Length of the river in the wet season is underestimated by the map.
Census of the Mara River hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), southwest Kenya, 1980-1982.
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 Encyclopædia Britannica Australia -
The town was formerly a slave-trading depot at the terminus of Arab caravan routes from the interior.
The Panj River is formed between the Hindu Kush and the Pamir Mountains by the...
Situated on the south bank of the Rakhshan River in the Siahan Range, the town is a market centre and in summer is a temporary administrative seat.
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 Weekly Assignments (Epics of India)
His wife then explains that she is the river Ganga incarnated in this form to give birth to eight gods, the Vasus, who are being punished with a human incarnation for having stolen Vasishtha's cow.
Kunti had set her son Karna adrift in a basket in the river (and he was rescued and raised by a charioteer and his wife).
Bhima battles with another rakshasa named Baka, and everyone is surprised that a brahmin is able to defeat such a savage demon..
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Godavari River and its tributaries, including the Indravati River, drain most of the northern portion of the plateau, rising in the Western Ghats and flowing east towards the Bay of Bengal.
The Tungabhadra River, Krishna River and its tributaries, including the Bhima River, which also run from west to east, drain the central portion of the plateau.
The rivers of the himalayas are snow fed and so perrennial.But the rivers of the Deccan Plateau are not snow fed so they are not perennial.The rivers of the Deccan Plateau depend on the rains and so they dry up in the summers.
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 The Mahabharata, Book 8: Karna Parva: Section 77
Possessed of prowess equal to that of the wind, the valiant Bhima, the son of the Wind-god, began to career in that battle like the wind itself.
Displaying his lightness of hands, Bhima began to cut and mangle that host with his fierce arrows and despatch large numbers to the abode of Yama.
That dart, restless as the tongue of a snake, hurled from Bhima's arms, speedily fell upon the car of the high-souled son of Subala.
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As per the original proposal of the KUWSDB, the existing pipeline from Saradgi barrage across Bhima river, which is partially meeting the drinking water requirement of the city, was to be abandoned after the completion of the ongoing World Bank-assisted Rs.
The existing pipeline from the Bhima has the capacity to pump 6 MGD of water and the decision to install a new pipeline was taken after the existing pipeline burst at different points on a regular basis.
Since the existing concrete pipeline carrying water from Bennethora river was also likely to burst in future, District in-charge Minister Sharanabasappa Darshanapur had proposed to replace the existing concrete pipeline with mild steel pipeline and directed the KUWSDB to explore the alternatives and prepare the estimates.
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 Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment
The inadequacy of the current planning process is so serious that more than 80% of the basin area and an equal proportion of the rural population living in villages still remain completely outside the purview of irrigation systems developed so far.
The need of the hour is to initiate a meaningful dialogue between the stakeholders of the Bhima waters so as to ensure equitable distribution of the available water resources in the river basin.
Gomukh has been developing several activities throughout the basin, varying from active involvement in river basin management in areas neglected by government agencies to activities of social and environmental restoration in areas in which government interventions have had major negative impacts.
www.iwmi.cgiar.org /dialogue/index.asp?id=776   (531 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Southwestern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The largest river system of Alberta and Saskatchewan, it rises in the Canadian Rockies as the North and South Saskatchewan rivers, which are 800 mi (1,287 km) and 865 mi (1,392 km) long, respectively.
River, southwestern U.S. Flowing across northeastern New Mexico, it cuts a gorge nearly 1,500 ft (450 m) deep before turning eastward to continue across northwestern Texas and through central Oklahoma to the Arkansas River in Oklahoma.
River, southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S. Rising in the Canadian Rockies, it flows through Washington state, entering the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Ore.; it has a total length of 1,240 mi (2,000 km).
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Basis statistics Total river basin area: 48,631 km² Average annual rainfall: 2500 mm in the upper reaches, 500 mm in the lower reaches of the basin, in the four months of the monsoon season. Population: 12.33 million people (1990, 30.90 million people expected in 2030) Main income activity: agriculture 2.
These dams have had major negative impacts on livelihoods and environmental qualities. The inadequacy of the current planning process is so serious that more than 80% of the basin area and an equal proportion of the rural population living in villages still remain completely outside the purview of irrigation systems developed so far.
Organic farming Information system All rivers will have minimum water flowsProblems: Excessive water use for cultivation of sugarcane, causing Pollution of surface and ground water; Loss of forests; Groundwater depletion; Land reclamation and the reduction of wetlands; Reduction in natural and agricultural biodiversity.
www.iwmi.cgiar.org /dialogue/files/Dialogues/Asia/INFOSHEET_bhima_09-2004.doc   (557 words)

  
 RIVER SYSTEMS OF KARNATAKA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It is the second largest river in Peninsular India, rises in the Western Ghats at an altitude of 4,385 ft. near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra State.
The principal tributaries of Krishna in Karnataka are Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Bhima and Tungabhadra.
The river Cauvery is an Inter-State river in Southern India.
waterresources.kar.nic.in /river_systems.htm   (882 words)

  
 Bhima - Qwika
Bhima is honorable and is rarely rash or angry.
Bhima Citar In Ayyavazhi mythology, Bhima Citar was one of the five disciples...
Bhima River The Bhima River is a river in western India...
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 Nieuwe pagina 1
The restoration and protection of river basins is the best guarantee for the survival and well being of large parts of the world’s population.
In many countries gaining and consolidating access and control over river basins’ natural resources is of essential importance for socially and economically disadvantaged groups, who depend directly on these resources for their daily livelihoods.
The third and perhaps most challenging is that the Se San Basin is an international river basin where the threats to sustainable development of the basin lie within the national jurisdiction of another country and where the river basin authority (the MRC) has no institutional mandate to arbitrate on cross border developments.
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 Pune,Pune India,Pune in India,Pune India Travel Tourism Guide,Pune in Maharashtra
It is also an important commercial and educational centre with distinctive features and characteristics of its own.
The region surrounding Pune, now called Greater Pune, includes parts of the Sahyadri Hills, the Balaghat Range (north) and the Mahadeo Hills (south), which enclose the upper Bhima River Valley.
The city was one of the pivotal bases of the 17th century Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji, who was born at the Shivneri Fort here.
www.indiantravelportal.com /pune   (568 words)

  
 Krishna River Summary
Kistna or Krishna River, 1,370 kilometers long, rises in the Western Ghats of India near the town of Mahabaleshwar, only 65 kilometers from the Arabian Sea, at a source that is sacred to Hindus.
The traditional source of the river is a spout from the mouth of a statue of a cow in the ancient temple of Mahadev in Mahabaleshwar.
Its most important tributary is the Tungabhadra River, which is itself formed by the Tunga and Bhadra rivers that originate in the Western Ghats.
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