River Yamuna

River Yamuna (1376 km) (A tributary of river Ganga)

(Uttarakhand)
1. Yamuna Udgam: Yamunotri Glacier (near Banderpunch peaks)
2. Yamuna flows: Yamunotri (3292 m) (Uttarkashi district) -- (129 km from Uttarkashi, 182 km from Dehradun)
3. Yamuna - Tons Sangam: Kalsi (Dehradun district) -- (45 km from Dehradun)

(Himachal Pradesh)
4. Yamuna flows: Paonta Sahib (Sirmaur district) -- (50 km from Dehradun, 32 km from Kalsi)

(Uttar Pradesh)
5. Yamuna - Ganga Doab region: Muzaffarnagar (Muzaffarnagar district) -- (56 km from Meerut, 135 km from New Delhi)
6. Yamuna flows: Mathura (Mathura district) -- (60 km from Agra, 160 km from New Delhi, 240 km from Jaipur)
7. Yamuna flows: Gokul (Mathura district) -- (10 km from Mathura)
8. Yamuna flows: Vrindavan (Mathura district) -- (15 km from Mathura)
9. Yamuna flows: Agra (Agra district) -- (60 km from Mathura)
10. Yamuna flows: Mainpuri (Mainpuri district) -- (130 km from Agra)
11. Yamuna - Ganga - hidden Saraswati Sangam: Prayagraj (Prayagraj district) -- (120 km from Varanasi)

► Yamunotri (3291 m) (Uttarakhand Char Dham)
(Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand)

☗ Yamunotri Glacier
► River Yamuna Udgam (Source) → Yamuna Mandir Ghat (Aarti)
(Uttarakhand Himalayas (Garhwal))

- River Yamuna originates near Yamunotri. There is a temple of Devi Yamuna there and Yamuna Aarti is performed near the temple.

► Mathura (Vraja Bhoomi) (Moksha Puri) (Divya Desam)
(Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh)

▬ River Yamuna flows → Vishram Ghat (Aarti)
- Vishram Ghat - Yamuna Temple
(Upper Ganga Plain)
(Srimad Bhagavatam)

- Sri Krishna incarnated in Mathura in the prison of Kamsa as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki.
- Sri Krishna was transferred to Gokula by Vasudeva to become the son of Nanda and Yashoda.
- Sri Krishna slayed Kamsa and his wresters in Mathura.
- Sri Krishna defeated Jarasandha seventeen times in Mathura.

► Gokul (Vraja Bhoomi) (Divya Desam)
(Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh)

▬ River Yamuna flows → Gau Ghat, Brahmanda Ghat (Aarti)
- Gokul: Yashoda Ghat - Gau Ghat - Yamuna Temple
- Mahavan: Brahmanda Ghat
(Upper Ganga Plain)

(Srimad Bhagavatam)

- Sri Krishna grew up in Gokula as the son of Nanda and Yashoda and performed various childhood pranks (like stealing butter) in that place.
- Sri Krishna killed Putana and Trinavarta in Gokula.
- Sri Krishna performed the Leela of Damodara (Yashoda trying to bind) in Gokula and liberated Nalakuvara and Manigriva (as Arjuna Trees).
- Sri Krishna made a woman fruit-seller rich in Gokula.

► Vrindavan (Vraja Bhoomi) (Divya Desam) (Shakti Peetha)
(Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh)

▬ River Yamuna flows → Keshi Ghat (Aarti)
- Keshi Ghat - Kaliya Ghat - Varaha Ghat - Chir Ghat - Bihari Ghat - Surya Ghat - Gopal Ghat - Govind Ghat - Jugal Ghat - Imli Tala Ghat - Shringar Ghat

• 12 principal forests of Mathura Mandala from Padma Purana:
(1) Bhadravana - (2) Shrivana - (3) Lohavana - (4) Bhandiravana - (5) Mahavana - (6) Talavana - (7) Khadiravana - (8) Bakulavana - (9) Kumudavana - (10) Kamyavana - (11) Madhuvana - (12) Vrindavana
(Upper Ganga Plain)

(Srimad Bhagavatam)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

- Sri Krishna freed river Yamuna from the poisonous serpent Kaliya in Vrindavana.
- Sri Krishna stole the garments of the Gopis in Vrindavana.
- Sri Krishna performed the famous Rasa Leela with the Gopis in Vrindavana.
- Sri Krishna killed many demons like Arishta and Keshi in Vrindavana.

► Prayagraj (Place of Kumbha Mela) (Shakti Peetha)
(Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh)

◉ Ganga - Yamuna - hidden Saraswati Triveni Sangam (Confluence) → Ram Ghat (Ganga Aarti) -- Balua Ghat (Yamuna Aarti)
☘ Akshay Vat
(Middle Ganga Plain)
(Matsya Purana)
(Valmiki Ramayana)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

- Sri Rama visited Prayaga during forest exile and met sage Bharadwaja in his hermitage.