Bagmati River

E214150
river sacred river

The Bagmati River is a sacred waterway in Nepal that flows through the Kathmandu Valley and holds major religious and cultural significance for Hindus and Buddhists.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bagmati River canonical 11
Bagmati River basin 2
Bagmati basin 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
sacred river ⓘ
associatedReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
basinCountry India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
conservationEffort Bagmati Action Plan ⓘ
Bagmati cleanup campaigns ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween Nepal and India ⓘ
culturalSignificance central to Newar culture in Kathmandu Valley ⓘ
environmentalIssue solid waste dumping ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
etymology name derived from Sanskrit words "Bhag" or "Bhagavati" meaning goddess ⓘ
flowsThrough Kathmandu ⓘ
Kathmandu Valley ⓘ
hasBridgeInKathmandu Sankhamul Bridge ⓘ
Teku Bridge ⓘ
Thapathali Bridge ⓘ
hasTributary Bishnumati River ⓘ
Hanumante River ⓘ
Khokana Khola ⓘ
Manohara River ⓘ
Nakhu River ⓘ
majorFestivalOnBanks Balachaturdashi ⓘ
Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
Teej ⓘ
mouth Kosi ⓘ
surface form: Kosi River system
mouthCountry India ⓘ
partOf Ganges Basin ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River basin
passesThroughProvince Bagmati Province ⓘ
region central Nepal ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor Buddhists ⓘ
Hindus ⓘ
religiousSiteOnBanks Aryaghat cremation site ⓘ
Gokarna Mahadev Temple ⓘ
Guhyeshwari Temple ⓘ
Pashupatinath Temple ⓘ
Sankhamul ghats ⓘ
sacredCityOnBanks Bhaktapur ⓘ
Kathmandu ⓘ
Pashupatinath Temple ⓘ
surface form: Pashupatinath

Patan ⓘ
sourceLocation Bagdwar ⓘ
sourceProtectedArea Shivapuri Hills ⓘ
surface form: Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park
sourceRegion Shivapuri Hills ⓘ
usedFor Hindu cremation rituals ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ
ritual bathing ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kathmandu → river → Bagmati River ⓘ
Darbhanga district → hasRiver → Bagmati River ⓘ
Sitamarhi district → locatedOnRiverBasin → Bagmati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bagmati River basin
Kathmandu Valley → river → Bagmati River ⓘ
north Bihar → drainedBy → Bagmati River ⓘ
subject surface form: North Bihar
Bagmati Province → namedAfter → Bagmati River ⓘ
Bagmati Province → hasMajorRiver → Bagmati River ⓘ
Pashupatinath Temple → locatedOnRiver → Bagmati River ⓘ
Tirhut division → locatedOnRiverBasin → Bagmati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bagmati basin
Sitamarhi → hasNearbyRiver → Bagmati River ⓘ
Khagaria district → locatedNearRiver → Bagmati River ⓘ
Bishnumati River → tributaryOf → Bagmati River ⓘ
Bishnumati River → mouthLocation → Bagmati River ⓘ
Bishnumati River → partOf → Bagmati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bagmati River basin