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{{Short description|Junction of three rivers in India}}
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In [[Hindu]] tradition, '''Triveni Sangam''' is the [[confluence]] ([[Sanskrit]]: ''sangama'') of three rivers that is a sacred place, with a bath here said to flush away all of one's sins and free one from the [[Saṃsāra|cycle of rebirth]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mohan|first=Vineeth|date=2016-09-19|title=Places Connected To Lord Rama And Ramayana - Prayag|url=https://www.nativeplanet.com/travel-guide/places-visited-by-lord-rama-prayag-002486.html|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.nativeplanet.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Cartwright |first1=Mark |title=Ganges|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Ganges/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=[[World History Encyclopedia]]|date=27 May 2015 |archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430225009/https://www.worldhistory.org/Ganges/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ganges River – India|url=https://sacredland.org/ganges-river-india/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Sacred Land|language=en-US|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115130952/https://sacredland.org/ganges-river-india/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| last1=Hollick | first1=Julian Crandall |title=Ganges' Most Sacred Stretch Rich with Tradition|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16889596|access-date=2021-01-20|website=NPR.org| date=8 December 2007 |language=en|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128164236/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16889596|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj ==
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[https://trivenisangamprayagraj.com Triveni Sangam Prayagraj] is the confluence of the [[Ganges]] (Ganga), the [[Yamuna]], and the [[Saraswati River]] and the location of [[Kumbh Mela]]. Triveni Sangam is located at Prayag – the area of [[Prayagraj]] neighbouring the confluence; for this reason, the confluence is also sometimes referred to as Prayag.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Mulchandani |first1=Anil Mulchandanianil |title=Prayag|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/allahabad/prayag/ps50353458.cms|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Times of India Travel|archive-date=23 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423005122/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/allahabad/prayag/ps50353458.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> A place of religious importance and one of the sites for the historic Kumbh Mela held every 12 years, over the years it has also been the site of the immersion of ashes of several national leaders, including [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1949 and [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Atal Bihari Bajpayee]] in 2018.

At the Triveni Sangam, the distinct characteristics of the rivers are visible: the Ganges flows with clear water{{check|date=January 2025}}, while the Yamuna appears greenish. Meanwhile, the Saraswati River, considered mythical, is described as invisible.<ref name="Triveni Sangam">{{cite web | url=http://www.prayagdarshan.com/triveni-sangam.html | title=Triveni Sangam | access-date=3 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208100930/http://www.prayagdarshan.com/triveni-sangam.html |archive-date=8 December 2015 |work=prayagraj.com }}</ref>

The auspiciousness of the confluence of two rivers is referred to in the ''[[Rigveda]]'', which says, "Those who bathe at the place where the two rivers, white and dark, flow together, rise up to heaven."<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PyC4o7i9tnEC&q=Those+who+bathe+at+the+place+where+the+two+rivers+flow+together%2C+rise+up+to+heaven&pg=PA145|title = India: A Sacred Geography|isbn = 9780385531924|last1 = Eck|first1 = Diana L.|date = 26 March 2013|publisher = Harmony/Rodale/Convergent|archive-date = 11 April 2023|access-date = 22 November 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230411235333/https://books.google.com/books?id=PyC4o7i9tnEC&q=Those%20who%20bathe%20at%20the%20place%20where%20the%20two%20rivers%20flow%20together%2C%20rise%20up%20to%20heaven&pg=PA145|url-status = live}}</ref>

== Triveni Sangam in Gir Somnath ==
The Triveni Sangam in Gir Somnath is located near [[Somnath temple|Somnath Temple]], [[Veraval]] in [[Gir Somnath district|Gir-Somnath]] district, Gujarat. It marks the confluence of rivers [[Hiran River|Hiran]], Kapila and the Saraswati, where they meet the Arabian Sea on the west coast of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Triveni Sangam |url=https://www.gujarattourism.com/saurashtra/gir-somnath/triveni-sangam.html |access-date=2022-02-18 |website=gujrattourism |language=en |archive-date=18 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218122858/https://www.gujarattourism.com/saurashtra/gir-somnath/triveni-sangam.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Triveni Sangam in West Bengal ==
In the town of [[Tribeni, Hooghly|Tribeni]] in [[Hooghly_district | Hooghly district]] in [[West_Bengal | West Bengal]], the river Bhagirathi Hooghly, one of the two main distributaries of the [[Ganges]], splits into three more distributaries which are called Ganga, Jamuna and Saraswati. This place is called Tribeni and is of great religious significance to Hindus. It is believed that the "Yukta Veni" (connected) of Prayag in [[Allahabad | Prayagraj]] becomes "Mukta Veni" (disentangled) in Tribeni Sangam. At present, due to the changing course of the river in this extremely geologically active Bengal delta region, the Jamuna river of Bengal has almost disappeared and the stream of Saraswati is also rather thin, but in the past all three channels used to carry significant portions of the flow.
==Triveni Sangam in Tamil Nadu==

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The Triveni Sangam in [[Kooduthurai]], [[Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]] is a confluence of the [[Kaveri]], Bhavani and Amudha and is known as the South Indian Triveni Sangam, or ''Dakshina Sangam''.{{fact|date=April 2021}}

==Nepal==
[[Triveni Dham]] is a confluence of three rivers, Sona, Tamasa and Sapta Gandaki located in [[Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality]], [[Nawalparasi district]] of [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = नवलपरासीकाे त्रिवेणीधाम सबल गन्तव्य| accessdate = 2020-08-13| url = https://nagarikkhabar.com/2020/3/26385}}</ref>

==Other Triveni Sangams==

===Bhagamandala===
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Bhagamandala is a pilgrimage place in [[Kodagu]] district of [[Karnataka]]. It is situated on the river [[Kaveri]] in its upstream stretches. At this place, the Kaveri is joined by two tributaries, the Kannike and the Sujyoti river. It is considered sacred as a river confluence (''kudala'' or ''triveni sangama'', in [[Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit]] respectively).

===Tirumakudalu Narasipura===
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Tirumakudalu Narasipura, commonly known as T. Narasipura,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mysore.nic.in/photographs/tnp_gp_vill_bnd.pdf |title=Gram Panchayat and Taluk Boundary Map |access-date=15 January 2013 |archive-date=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709124038/http://mysore.nic.in/photographs/tnp_gp_vill_bnd.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a [[panchayat town]] in [[Mysore district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Karnataka]]. The first name refers to the land at the confluence (''trimakuta'' in Sanskrit) at the confluence of the [[Kaveri]], [[Kabini]] and Spatika Sarovara (a lake or spring, also named [[Guptagamini river|Gupta Gamini]]). This is the place in [[South India]] where local Kumbhamela is held every three years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/preparations-on-for-regional-version-of-kumbh-mela/article4307593.ece |title=The Hindu : States / Karnataka : Preparations on for regional version of Kumbh mela |first=R. Krishna |last=Kumar |work=thehindu.com |year=2013 |quote=The T. Narsipur Kumbh Mela, being held from February 23 to 25, began around 20 years ago and is held once in three years. |access-date=15 January 2013 |archive-date=17 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117220915/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/preparations-on-for-regional-version-of-kumbh-mela/article4307593.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Moovattupuzha===
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Kaliyar (Kali river), [[Thodupuzha River|Thodupuzhayar]] (Thodupuzha river) and Kothayar (Kothamangalam river) merge and become Muvattupuzha river in [[Kerala]] and hence this place is called [[Muvattupuzha]].

===Munnar===
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[[Munnar]] city is where [[Muthirapuzha River|Mudhirapuzha]], Nallathanni and Kundala rivers merge, the name Munnar literally means "three rivers" in [[Malayalam]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]].

===Kandakurthi===

[[Kandakurthi]] is a village in Renjal mandal of [[Nizamabad district]] in the Indian state of [[Telangana]]. The river [[Godavari River|Godavari]] merges with the rivers [[Manjira River|Manjira]] and [[Haridra River|Haridra]].

===Bhilwara===
[[Kandakurthi|Bhilwara]] is a district in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]]. The river [[Banas River|Banas]] merges with the rivers [[Berach River|Berach]] and [[Menali River|Menali]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yuhana |first=Siti Eli |date=2018-02-27 |title=Analisis Internet Marketing Produk Hijab FikNiZ Di CV. Fatuha |url=https://doi.org/10.55916/frima.v0i1.204 |journal=Prosiding FRIMA |issue=1 |pages=277–285 |doi=10.55916/frima.v0i1.204 |doi-broken-date=23 September 2025 |issn=2614-6681|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

[[Fatuha]] is a town in the Indian state of [[Bihar]]. The river [[Punpun River|Punpun]] merges with the rivers [[Ganga]] and secret river [[Saraswati]].

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