Saraswati River
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The Saraswati River is a deified Rigvedic river first mentioned in the Rigveda and later in Vedic and post-Vedic texts. It played an important role in the Vedic religion, appearing in all but the four
Vedic and present-day Ghaggar-Hakra river-course, with Aryavarta/Kuru kingdom, and pre-Harappan Hakra/Shutudri-Yamuna paleochannels as proposed by Clift et al. (2012) and Khonde et al. (2017). 1 = ancient river 2 = today's river 3 = today's Thar desert 4 = ancient shore 5 = today's shore 6 = today's town 7 = dried-up Harappan Hakra course, and pre-Harappan Sutlej paleochannels (Clift et al. (2012)).
A painting of goddess Saraswati by Raja Ravi Varma
Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj: The confluence of Ganges and Yamuna. Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati also converges here.
Vedic rivers
Ghaggar-Hakra River
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The Ghaggar-Hakra River is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows in force only during the monsoon season. The river is known as Ghaggar before the Ottu barrage, and as Hakra downstrea
Aerial view of Ghaggar river near Chandigarh
The Ghaggar river flows into the Ottu reservoir, afterwards it becomes the Hakra river
Ghaggar river's dry bed in February near Naurangdesar village, Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan, India