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[[File:Saura.jpg|alt=Saura river|thumb|409x409px|People bathing in Saura river near Purnea city, kali mandir. ]]
The '''Saura river''' is one of the two rivers flowing through [[Purnia]] (city). It flows east of main city separating Gulabbag and Khushkibag from the main town. It rises in some lowland to the north-west of [[Jalalgarh Fort|Jalalgadh]] and joins the [[Ganges|Ganga]] river in Dilarpur, [[Katihar]]. The river flows to the eastern side of the Purnia town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://batuldastudents.org/go/?q=node/7|title=Purnia {{!}}|last=|first=|date=2012-08-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804092110/http://batuldastudents.org/go/?q=node/7|archive-date=2012-08-04|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/general-elections-2019/nobody-cares-for-bihar-s-drying-rivers-in-poll-season-63793|title=Nobody cares for Bihar's drying rivers in poll season|website=www.downtoearth.org.in|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://urban.bih.nic.in/|title=Urban Development Department|website=urban.bih.nic.in|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>

== Religion and Culture ==
Purandevi temple and City Kali Mandir, which are some of the popular temples of Purnea are situated along the banks of Saura river. An annual event of Kosi Aarti is organised in City Kali Mandir on Dev Deepawali, Kartik Purnima every here which attracts a large number of devotees. {{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Bihar]]

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