Parvati River is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in the

Parvati Valley Parvati Valley is situated in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. From the confluence of the Parvati River with the River Beas, the Parvati Valley runs eastwards, through a steep-sided valley from the town of Bhuntar, in the Kullu di ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

, northern

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that flows into the

Beas River The Beas River (Sanskrit: ; Hyphasis in Ancient Greek) is a river in north India. The river rises in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows for some to the Sutlej River in the Indian state of Punjab. Its total length is ...

Bhuntar Bhuntar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kullu district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is just 11 km from Kullu town, and lies along National Highway 3. The Kullu Airport is located in Bhuntar. Bhuntar is located on the right b ...

, some 10 km south of

Kullu Kullu is a municipal council town that serves as the administrative headquarters of the Kullu district of the states and union territories of India, Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Va ...

. It rises from the Man Talai Glacier below the Pin Parbati Pass and flows in a gradual curve from north-northwest to west-southwest past the important temple town of

Manikaran Manikaran is located in the Parvati Valley on river Parvati, northeast of Bhuntar in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh. It is at an altitude of 1760 m and is located 4 km ahead of Kasol and about 45 km from Kullu and about 35 km from Bhu ...

. The river valley has been a route to various places: Lahul across the Sara Umga La pass, Spiti across the famous Pin Parbati Pass, and the recently discovered (1995)

Debsa Pass Debsa Pass is a mountain pass in the Himalaya mountains between the Kullu and Spiti Districts of Himachal Pradesh, India. Joydeep Sircar led the teams that explored the watershed ridge and discovered the pass after approaching through the Parb ...

. The river has fine first-growth forests in its upper reaches which are being degraded as a consequence of development of its vast hydro-electric potential. There are geothermal springs on the banks of the river at

and Kheerganga.

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File:The Fast Flowing Parvati River on the banks of Kasol, Himachal Pradesh.jpg, The Fast Flowing Parvati River on the banks of Kasol, Himachal Pradesh File:Parvati Valley river kasol.jpg, Parvati river flowing in sweeping meanders, Kasol. File:Parvati River.JPG, Parvati River File:Kasol village.jpg, Parvati River, Kasol File:River Parvati - Jia Bridge - Kullu - 2014-05-09 2178.JPG, Parvati River, Jia Bride, Kullu File:Confluence - River Beas and River Parvati - Bhuntar - Kullu - 2014-05-09 2169.JPG, River Beas and River Parvati File:Parvati River in Himachal Pradesh 08.jpg, Parvati River near Kasol town

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Rivers of Himachal Pradesh Geography of Kullu district Indus basin Rivers of India {{India-river-stub