River Bhima

River Bhima or Chandrabhaga (861 km) (A tributary of river Krishna)

(Maharashtra)
1. Bhima Udgam: Bhimashankar (Pune district) -- Bhimashankar Temple (125 km from Pune)
2. Bhima - Bhama Sangam: Shel Pimpalgaon (Pune district) -- (31 km from Pune)
3. Bhima - Bhama - Indrayani Sangam: Tulapur (Pune district) -- (32 km from Pune)
4. Bhima - Velu or Vel Sangam: Talegaon Dhamdhere (Pune district) -- (22 km from Tulapur, 40 km from Pune)
5. Bhima - Mula - Mutha Sangam: Ranjangaon Sandas (Pune district) -- Near Bhima - Mula-Mutha Sangam (65 km from Pune)
6. Bhima - Mula - Mutha Sangam: Theur (Pune district) -- Chintamani Vinayak Temple; Near Bhima - Mula-Mutha Sangam (30 km from Pune)
7. Bhima - Ghod Sangam: Sangavi Dumala (Ahmednagar district) -- (90 km from Pune)
8. Bhima flows: Pedgaon (Ahmednagar district) -- (105 km from Pune)
9. Bhima flows: Siddhatek (Ahmednagar district) -- Siddhi Vinayak Temple (110 km from Pune)
10. Bhima - Nira Sangam: Nira Narsingpur (Pune district) -- (110 km from Solapur, 175 km from Pune)
11. Bhima or Chandrabhaga flows: Pandharpur (Solapur district) -- (80 km from Solapur, 210 km from Pune)
12. Bhima - Manganga Sangam: Sarkoli (Solapur district) -- (23 km from Pandharpur, 60 km from Solapur)
13. Bhima - Sina Sangam: Kudal Sangam (Hattarsang) (Solapur district) -- (40 km from Solapur)

(Karnataka)
14. Bhima flows: Kumasi (Kalaburagi or Gulbarga district) -- (15 km from Ganagapur)
15. Bhima - Amarja Sangam: Sri Kshetra Ganagapur (Kalaburagi or Gulbarga district) -- (112 km from Solapur, 190 km from Pandharpur, 350 km from Pune)
16. Bhima - Kakini Sangam: Hongunta (Kalaburagi or Gulbarga district) -- (40 km from Kalaburagi, 80 km from Ganagapur)

(Telangana)
17. Bhima flows: Uttaradhi Mutt (Kusumurthy) (Narayanapet district)
18. Bhima - Krishna Sangam: Sri Sangam or Nivruthi Sangam (Thangadigi) (Mahbubnagar district) -- (30 km from Raichur)

Tributaries of River Bhima: Bhama, Indrayani, Velu, Mula-Mutha, Ghod, Nira, Manganga, Sina, Amarja, Kakini and others

1. Bhimashankara - Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga:

- Bhimashankar (Jyotirlinga)
(Pune district, Maharashtra)

Shiva: Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga

- Bhimashankara is the place where Lord Shiva abides as Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga.

Devotees: Sudakshina

- Bhimashankara is the place where Lord Shiva protected devotee Sudakshina from the atrocities of demon Bhima (Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga).

☗ Sahyadri Hills (Western Ghats)
► River Bhima Udgam (Source)

(Shiva Purana)
• Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga - Lord Shiva protecting devotee Sudakshina from the atrocities of demon Bhima (Bhimashankara Jyotirlinga)
(Shiva Purana - Koti Rudra Samhita - 20 to 21)

2. Theur Chintamani Vinayak - An Ashta Vinayaka Temple:

- Theur Chintamani Vinayak (Ashta Vinayaka)
(Pune district, Maharashtra)

Ganesha: Chintamani Vinayak

- Theur is the place where Sri Ganesha killed Gana and gave back the Chintamani jewel to sage Kapila.

◉ Bhima - Mula-Matha Sangam
(Ashtavinayaka Sloka)

3. Siddhatek Siddhi Vinayak - An Ashta Vinayaka Temple:

- Siddhatek Siddhi Vinayak (Ashta Vinayaka)
(Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra)

Ganesha: Siddhi Vinayak

- Siddhatek is the place where Sri Ganesha blessed Lord Vishnu to be successful in the battle against demons Madhu and Kaitabha.

▬ River Bhima flows
(Ashtavinayaka Sloka)

4. Pandharpur - Where Sri Krishna appeared as Panduranga or Vitthal:

- Pandharpur
(Solapur district, Maharashtra)

Krishna: Panduranga or Vitthal
Lakshmi: Devi Rukmini

- Pandharpur is the place where Sri Krishna abides as Sri Panduranga or Vitthal (one standing on a brick). The sacred footprints of Sri Panduranga is present in the Vishnupad temple.
- Pandharpur is the place where Devi Lakshmi abides as Devi Rukmini beside Sri Panduranga.

Sages: Narada (Narada Temple)

- Pandharpur is the place where sage Narada abides in a temple near the Vishnupad temple on the bank of river Chandrabhaga.

Saints: Pundalik (Pundalik Temple), Janabai (Janabai Temple), Namdev, Dyaneshwar, Purandara Dasa, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Eknath, Tukaram (Tukaram Temple)

- Pandharpur is the place whose founding saint is Sri Pundalik before him Sri Krishna appeared when he was serving his parents (and later stood on a brick and became known as Sri Vitthal).
- Pandharpur is asssociated with Sri Janabai (1258-1350), a Marathi saint, who lived in Pandharpur living a life of devotion towards Sri Panduranga.
- Pandharpur is the place where Sri Namdev (1270 - 1350 CE), a Varkari saint, spent much time of his life in ardent devotion of Sri Panduranga.
- Pandharpur is the place intimately associated with Sri Dyaneshwar (1275 - 1296 CE), a Yogi and a Varkari saint, whose palanquin is carried from Alandi to Pandharpur during the Wari pilgrimage.
- Pandharpur is the place associated with Sri Purandara Dasa (1484 - 1564 CE), a Haridasa saint, who was a devotee of Sri Panduranga and said to have visited this place.
- Pandharpur is the place associated with Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 - 1534 CE), founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, who visited this place during his pilgrimage.
- Pandharpur is the place associated with Sri Eknath (1533 - 1599 CE), a Varkari saint, who was a devotee of Sri Panduranga.
- Pandharpur is the place intimately associated with Sri Tukaram (1598 - 1650 CE), a Varkari saint, whose palanquin is carried from Dehu to Pandharpur during the Wari pilgrimage.

▬ River Bhima (Chandrabhaga) flows

(Panduranga Mahatmya)