Purna river | |
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Etymology | Purna river - Complete river |
Location | |
Country | India |
State | Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra |
Region | Vidarbha, Khandesh |
District | Betul District, Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Jalgaon |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Pokhrani Village |
• location | Satpura Range, Betul District, Gawilgarh ranges, Madhya Pradesh |
• coordinates | 21°30′N77°46′E / 21.500°N 77.767°E |
Mouth | Tapti river |
• location | Changdev, Jalgaon, Muktainagar, Maharashtra |
• coordinates | 21°5′45″N76°0′36″E / 21.09583°N 76.01000°E |
Discharge | |
• location | Surat,Gujarat |
Discharge | |
• location | Changdev,Taluka-Muktainagar,Dist-Jalgaon,State-Maharashtra ,India |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Pedhi River, [1] Mūrna River, Mūn River, Dnyanganga River, Vishwaganga River, Nalganaga River |
• right | Arna River, Bodi River, Chandrabhaga River, Ban River, Shahanur River |
The Purna River is a river of Central and Western India. It is one of the chief tributaries of the Tapti river and empties into it at Changdev in Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
The word purna means complete in Sanskrit. It was also called the Payoshni or the Paisani (Sanskrit word meaning Ambrosia), which is mentioned in the Mahabharata as being located in the territory of Vidarbha and Khandesh at the northern entrance of the Dandaka Forest.[ citation needed ] There are other rivers also named Purna (the Khadakpurna and the Katepurna).
Several comparative societies are named after the Purna river, as is the Purnamai Vidyalaya, a high school in Muktainagar taluka (Purna referring to the river and Maai meaning mother). The Purna is a major tributary of the Tapti river.
The Purna is the main water source for the Muktainagar, Malkapur region. It rises in the eastern Satpura Range of southern Madhya Pradesh, and flows westward, draining Maharashtra's Vidarbha region before merging with the Tapi river. The total length of the river is 334 km. [2]
The watershed lies mostly in the Western Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state and is nearly 18,929 square kilometres. [2]
The Purna originates in Pokharni village which is 2 km away from Bhainsdehi. Bhainsdehi is a tehsil in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, adjoining the Amravati district of Maharashtra. The river flows through Akola, Buldhana, and Jalgaon districts. Pilgrims are present along its banks at Muktabai temple at Muktainagar and Changdev temple at Changdev village.
The river is habitat for many fish species and birds like Bagda, ducks etc. Hatnur dam is built on the Purna near Hatnur village. This dam is the largest dam in northern Maharashta. It has a huge water reservoir.
The Purna meets the Tapti at Changdev village in the Muktainagar taluk of Jalgaon District in Northern Maharashtra. The Changdeva Maharaj temple is built at this meeting place (Sangam) of the two rivers as devotees believe it to be sacred (pavitra sthan).[ citation needed ]
The Purna river and its tributaries
The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and ends in Chhattisgarh. The range parallels the Vindhya Range to the north, and these two east–west ranges divide Indian Subcontinent into the Indo-Gangetic plain of northern India and the Deccan Plateau of the south. The Narmada River originates from north-eastern end of Satpura in Amarkantak, and runs in the depression between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges, draining the northern slope of the Satpura range, running west towards the Arabian Sea. The Tapti River originates in the eastern-central part of Satpura, crossing the range in the center and running west at the range's southern slopes before meeting the Arabian Sea at Surat, draining the central and southern slopes of the range. Multai, the place of Tapi river origin is located about 465 kilometer far, south-westerly to Amarkantak, separated across by the hill range. The Godavari River and its tributaries drain the Deccan plateau, which lies south of the range, and the Mahanadi River drains the easternmost portion of the range. The Godavari and Mahanadi rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal. At its eastern end, the Satpura range meets the hills of the Chotanagpur Plateau. The Satpura Range is a horst mountain and is flanked by Narmada Graben in the north and much smaller but parallel Tapi Graben in the south.
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Amravati district is a district of Maharashtra state in central India. It is the administrative headquarter of Amravati division, which is one of the two divisions in Vidarbha, out of total 6 regions in state of Maharashtra.
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Nashik Division is one of the six divisions of India's Maharashtra state and four of its five districts form Uttar Maharashtra. The three northernmost districts of Uttar Maharashtra form most of the historic Khandesh region which covers the northern part of the division in the valley of the Tapti River. Nashik Division is bound by Konkan Division and the state of Gujarat to the west, Madhya Pradesh state to the north, Amravati Division and Marathwada to the east, and Desh to the south.
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Bhainsdehi is a city and a Nagar Parishad in Betul district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Kukru is the second highest point of Mahadeo hills. Bhainsdehi is the originating place of the river Purna. It is predominantly a tribal tehsil. Bhainsdehi is surrounded by the mountain ranges of Satpura.
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Changdeva temple is an ancient Hindu temple situated in Muktainagar taluka of Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is located near its namesake, Changdeva village. The temple is on the shore of the Purna river. It is dedicated to the 12th century Yogi Saint Changdeva Maharaj.
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