Tamsa River
Tamsa River | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
State | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Maihar tehsil, Satna district, Kaimur Range, Madhya Pradesh |
• elevation | 610 m (2,000 ft) |
Mouth | Ganges |
• location | About 30 km SE of Prayagraj |
• coordinates | 25°16′31″N 82°04′59″E / 25.27528°N 82.08306°E |
Length | 264 km (164 mi) |
Basin size | 16,860 km2 (6,510 sq mi) |
The Tamsa River is a tributary of the
Course
The Tamsa rises in a tank at Tamakund in the Kaimur Range at an elevation of 610 metres (2,000 ft). It flows through the fertile districts of Satna and Rewa. At the edge of the Purwa plateau, the Tamsa and its tributaries form many waterfalls. The river receives the Belan in UP and joins the Ganges at the town of Sirsa, just under 34 kilometres (21 mi) downstream of the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna. The total length of the river is 264 kilometres (164 mi). It has a total drainage area of 16,860 square kilometres (6,510 sq mi).[1][2]
The Tamsa River while descending through the Rewa Plateau and draining northwards makes a vertical fall of 70m known as Purwa Falls.[3] Some of the more notable waterfalls on the tributaries of the Tamsa river, as they come down from the Rewa Plateau, are Chachai Falls (127m) on the Beehar River, a tributary of the Tamsa; the Keoti Falls (98m) on the Mahana River, a tributary of the Tamsa; and Odda Falls (145m) on the Odda River, a tributary of the Belan River, which is itself a tributary of the Tamsa.[4]
Significance
This river bears significance to Hindus due to its identification with the river that
The ashrama of sage Valmiki is regarded to have been located at the banks of the Tamsa river.[6] When Sita was left behind by Rama after her departure from Ayodhya, she is said to have come to the banks of the Tamsa river some 15 km away from the city, where she met Valmiki. He requested Sita to live in his ashrama. Sita is believed to have spent most of her remaining life here, and here her twin sons Lava and Kusha received education and trained in military skills under the tutelage of Valmiki.[7]
Also on the banks of river Tamsa was the ashrama of Bharadvaja, mentioned in the Valmiki Ramayana; it is here that on seeing the plight of a bird couple, Valmiki composed his first shloka.[8]
Towns And villages situated on Tamsa River
- Teonthar
- Pathrahta
- Cheruia
- Pipraon
- Malpar
- Chakghat
- Meja
- Maihar
- Mau
- Ballia
- Azamgarh[9]
- Ambedkar Nagar district
References
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- ^ "At the banks of the Tamsa River". The Story of Valmiki Ramayan. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ Vishvanath Limaye (1984). Historic Ram of Valmiki. Gyan Ganga Prakashan.
- ISBN 81-269-0615-4.
- ISBN 81-7017-228-4.
- ^ Azamgarh District Website
External links
- Media related to Tamsa River at Wikimedia Commons
- Tamas River wikimapia