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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Punpun River
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| image = Punpun.jpg
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| image_caption = Punpun at [[Obra, Bihar|Obra]]
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Jharkhand]], [[Bihar]]
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| subdivision_name5 = [[Obra, Bihar|Obra]]

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| source1_location = [[Palamu district]], [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]], [[Jharkhand]]
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| source1_elevation = {{convert|300|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = [[Ganges]]
| mouth_location = Fatuha
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The '''Punpun River''' is a tributary of the [[Ganges]]. It originates in [[Palamu district]] of [[Jharkhand]] and flows through [[Chatra district|Chatra]], [[Aurangabad district, Bihar|Aurangabad]], [[Gaya district|Gaya]] and [[Patna district|Patna]] districts of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|states]] of [[Jharkhand]] and [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=udfC1QgO6PMC&q=palamu+district+punpun&pg=PA1 | title =Asian Pacific Remote Sensing and GIS Journal | date =24 September 2008 |publisher = United Nations | isbn =9789211201208 |access-date = 2010-05-05 }}</ref> Punpun is a place named after the Punpun river in Patna which is situated on the bank of Punpun river. On the bank of Punpun people celebrate Chhath Puja.

==Course==
The Punpun originates on the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]], at an elevation of {{convert|300|m}}, The river mostly flows in a north-east direction and joins the [[Ganges]] at [[Fatuha]], {{convert|25|km}} downstream of [[Patna]].<ref name=Jain>{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=Kiul+River&pg=PA357 | title =Hydrology and Water Resources of India By Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P. Singh | work = p. 357 | isbn =9781402051807 |access-date = 2010-05-05 | last1 =Jain | first1 =Sharad K. | last2 =Agarwal | first2 =Pushpendra K. | last3 =Singh | first3 =Vijay P. | date =16 May 2007 }}</ref>

Many towns such as [[Sigori]] are located on the banks of the river.

===Tributaries===
The main tributaries of the Punpun are – the Butane, the Madar and the Mohar.<ref name=Jain/>

==Other features==
The {{convert|200|km}} long river is mostly rainfed and carries little water in the dry season. However, during rains, the Punpun often causes heavy flood damages east of Patna city. The catchment area of the Punpun is {{convert|8530|km2}}. Agricultural area in the Punpun basin is about {{convert|5000|km2}}. The average annual rainfall for the basin is {{convert|1181|mm}}.<ref name=Jain/>

==Religious significance==
This river is mentioned in the [[Vayu Purana|Vayu]] and the [[Padma Purana|Padma]] [[Puranas]] in connection with Gaya Mahatmya as the ''punah-punah'' (again and again) of which Pun-Pun is the colloquial form. The river might have been called by this name because it was frequently in spate.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} The Puranas interpret the word ''punah-punah'' in a spiritual sense that sins are removed again and again by offering oblations to forefathers in the river.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.nih.ernet.in/nih_rbis/Mythology.htm |title =Rivers in Mythology |access-date =2010-05-05 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090729165048/http://www.nih.ernet.in/nih_rbis/Mythology.htm |archive-date =29 July 2009 |url-status =dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=BCzSKEDwd5oC&q=Gaya+Gazetteer| title = Bengal District Gazaetter - Gaya By L.S.S. O'malley | page = 8 | isbn = 9788172681371 | access-date = 2010-05-05 | last1 = O'Malley | first1 = L. S. S. | year = 2007 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Hydrography of Jharkhand}}
{{Rivers in Bihar}}

[[Category:Punpun River| ]]
[[Category:Rivers of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Rivers of Bihar]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Ganges]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

Punpun River - Revision history

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