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5. Sage Parshurama is believed to have axed down the side of a mountain to provide water for the local people
6. This river made a passage for Vasudeva in order to carry baby Krishna safely across
9. This river’s seven tributaries are names after the Seven Sages (Saptarishis)
10. Bhagirtha did severe penance to Shiva to bring this river on earth and liberate his ancestor’s souls

1. This river is in the hills of southeastern Chhattisgarh state, it’s name literally translates to ‘Great River’
2. This river’s basin enriched the people of the oldest Bronze Age civilization and is the only male river god, referred to as the ‘Father of Rivers’
3. Also known as Rewa, this river’s reverberant rush is believed to be princess Narmada’s distressed cry
4. In an ancient Shiva shrine in the Krishna Bai temple, a stream comes out of the mouth of a cow that then is said to cascade to become this river
7. The river is said to be named after Tapati, the daughter of Surya, the Sun god, and Chhaya.
8. Ganesha, in the form of a crow, toppled a kamandala down to the foot of the Brahmagiri hills, and Lopamudra flowed out to become this river