Banganga River is a trans-boundary river flowing from
Arghakhanchi District
Arghakhanchi ( ) is one of the districts of Lumbini Province in Nepal. The district headquarter is Sandhikharka. The district covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 197,632. Its neighboring districts are Palpa in the east, Gulmi in ...
of Nepal to
Banganga
The Banganga Tank is a temple tank which is part of the Hindu Walkeshwar Temple complex in the Malabar Hill area of the city of Mumbai, India.
History
The tank was built in AD 1127 by Lakshman Prabhu, a minister in the court of Silhara ki ...
,
Kapilvastu in Nepal and mets at
Ganges
The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary rive ...
in
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
, India. It crosses the border at Jugdihawa. The river is of religious importance for
Buddhist pilgrims. The kingdom of
Kapilavastu
Kapilavastu may refer to:
*Kapilavastu (ancient city), ancient city in the Indian subcontinent, capital of the Shakyas; proposed locations include:
**Piprahwa
Piprahwa is a village near Siddharthnagar city in Siddharthnagar district of the ...
(Tilaurakot), the palace of
Gautama Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),*
*
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was a śramaṇa, wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist lege ...
, is believed to have lied on the bank of the river. It is believed that, when Buddha left his palace to seek knowledge, he rode his horse along the bank of this river.
Biodiversity
About 29 species of fishes resides in the river. Among them, Order Siluriformes is the most dominant species followed by Cypriniformes, Perciformes and others.
[Prakash S. A survey of fish fauna of Banganga River, Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar, UP.]
See also
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List of rivers of Nepal
This is a list of rivers of Nepal, east to west. This list is arranged by drainage basin, indented to show the structure of confluences. Tributaries rising inside India are not shown.
The basin is generally categorized into ten major basins as li ...
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Baanganga
Baanganga (Sanskrit: बाणगंगा ) generally refers to the legendary ponds or rivers in the Indian subcontinent which had been created by shooting some divine arrows into the ground. These are tied to some legends of deities or divine fi ...
References
Rivers of Nepal
History of Buddhism in Asia
Transborder rivers
Rivers of Uttar Pradesh
Tributaries of the Ganges
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