Bhilangna River is a

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n river in

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

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, which is the major

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of the

Bhagirathi The Bhāgīrathī (Pron: /ˌbʌgɪˈɹɑːθɪ/) is a turbulent Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism. In the Hind ...

river, the source stream of the Ganges River of India. Bhilangana is a combination of Bhil and Ganga. The mainstem, ''Bhilangna'', rises at the foot of the Khatling Glacier (elevation ) approximately south of the ice cave at

Gaumukh Gomukh, also known as "Gaumukh" or "Gomukhi" (Hindi: गौमुख or गौमुखी ; Assamese and Bengali: গোমুখ or গোমুখী), is the terminus or pout of the Gangotri Glacier and the source of the Bhagirathi River, on ...

, traditionally considered the source of both the

and the

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and flows into the Bhagirathi at Old

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, the site of the

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. It meets its major

the Bal Ganga at Ghansali (elevation ). The ''Bal Ganga'', whose

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are formed at the foot of Mount Kukhli Dhar (elevation ), itself has a minor tributary, the ''Dharam Ganga'', which meets it at Thati Kathur (also Budha Kedar) at elevation The Khatling trek route passes alongside the Bhilangna, starting from the last point accessible by road, Ghuttu, until the glacier, which stands at 3700 metres. If one were to go further on the trail past the glacier, one could reach Kedarnath.

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Uttarakhand State Tourism - Rafting
{{Authority control Rivers of Uttarakhand Tributaries of the Ganges Rivers of India

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