Sarayu

E69557

river

Sarayu is a significant river in northern India, traditionally associated with the ancient city of Ayodhya and revered in Hindu mythology.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sarayu (as local tributary/feeder in some stretches)	1
Sarayu River	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sarju ⓘ Saryu NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Ayodhya ⓘ Aryavarta ⓘ surface form: Kosala region Rama ⓘ surface form: Lord Rama
country	India ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important in Ayodhya pilgrimage ⓘ site for Hindu rituals and festivals ⓘ
ecosystemType	riverine ecosystem ⓘ
featuredIn	Hindu devotional literature ⓘ
flowsThrough	Ayodhya ⓘ Ayodhya district ⓘ Faizabad ⓘ surface form: Faizabad district
hasHydrologicalRelation	feeds into Ganga basin ⓘ
hasMythologicalRole	river where Lord Rama is believed to have departed from the world ⓘ
hasReligiousStatus	tirtha (pilgrimage site) ⓘ
hasType	perennial river ⓘ
locatedIn	Oudh ⓘ surface form: Awadh region northern India ⓘ surface form: Northern India Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
mentionedIn	Puranas ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ
mouthLocation	confluence with Ghaghara ⓘ
partOf	Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ surface form: Ganges river system
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
significance	sacred river in Hindu tradition ⓘ
sourceRegion	Lesser Himalayas ⓘ surface form: Himalayan foothills
supports	fishing activities ⓘ local agriculture ⓘ
tributaryOf	Ghaghara River NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	bathing rituals ⓘ cremation rites ⓘ religious festivals ⓘ
worshippedAs	goddess in Hinduism ⓘ

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

Ghaghara → alsoKnownAs → Sarayu ⓘ

Uttar Pradesh → hasMajorRiver → Sarayu ⓘ

Gomti → hasTributary → Sarayu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sarayu (as local tributary/feeder in some stretches)

Ayodhya → locatedOnRiver → Sarayu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sarayu River