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'''Bhilangna River''' is a [[Himalaya]]n river in [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]], which is the major [[tributary]] of the [[Bhagirathi River|Bhagirathi]] river, the [[headstream|source stream]] of the [[Ganges River]] of India. Bhilangana is a combination of [[ Bhil ]] and [[Ganga]].<ref>http://www.uttarakhandtemples.in/temples/Srinagar/kilkileshwar-temple-chauraas-srinagar</ref>

The [[mainstem (hydrology)|mainstem]], ''Bhilangna'', rises at the foot of the Khatling Glacier (elevation {{convert|3717|m|ft|abbr=on}}) approximately {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the ice cave at [[Gaumukh]], traditionally considered the source of both the [[Bhagirathi River|Bhagirathi]] and the [[Ganges]] and flows into the Bhagirathi at Old [[Tehri]], the site of the [[Tehri dam]].  It meets its major [[tributary]] the ''[[Bal Ganga]]'' at [[Ghansali]] (elevation {{convert|976|m|ft|abbr=on}}).

The ''Bal Ganga'', whose [[headwaters]] are formed at the foot of Mount Kukhli Dhar (elevation {{convert|4600|m|ft|abbr=on}}), itself has a minor tributary, the ''Dharam Ganga'', which meets it at Thati Kathur (also Budha Kedar) at elevation {{convert|1524|m|ft|abbr=on}}

The Khatling trek route passes alongside the Bhilangna, starting from the last point accessible by road, Ghuttu, until the glacier, which stands at 3700 metres. If one were to go further on the trail past the glacier, one could reach Kedarnath.

==See also==
*[[Bhagirathi River]]
*[[Ganges]]
*[[Alaknanda River]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070213072948/http://gov.ua.nic.in/uttaranchaltourism/rafting.html Uttarakhand State Tourism - Rafting]

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[[Category:Rivers of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Ganges]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]