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Indrayani River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Indrayani River originates in Kurvande village near Lonavala, a hill station in the Sahyadri mountains of Maharashtra, India. It is a rain-fed river and flows east through the Hindu pilgrimage centers of Dehu and Alandi to meet the Bhima river. It follows a course mostly north of the city of Pune. It is revered as a holy river by Hindus and is associated with Hindu religious figures such as Sant Tukaram and Dnyaneshwar. There is a hydroelectric dam, the Valvan Dam, on the Indrayani at Lonavala.

Flows through: India.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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