Bhagirathi, the Alaknanda, the Mandakini, the Dhauliganga, and the Pindarāall rise in the mountainous region of northern Uttarakhand state. Of those, the two main headstreams are the Alaknanda (the longer of the two), which rises about 30 miles (50 km) north of the Himalayan peak of Nanda Devi, andā¦
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