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{{Short description|River flowing on the plains of Mithila region}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Dhouns Nadi
| country = India and Nepal
| state = Bihar (India) and Madhesh Pradesh (Nepal)
| region = [[Mithila region]]
| district = Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Darbhanga, Mahottari and Dhanusha
| parent = Adhwara
| name_other = धौंस नदी
| image = File:Dhouns river.jpg
| image_caption = View of Dhouns river at [[Basuki Bihari]] from a bridge
| image_upright =
}}
[[File:Dhouns River.jpg|thumb|View of the Dhouns River from [[Saharghat, Madhubani|Saharghat]] Bridge]]
The '''Dhouns''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: धौंस) is a river that flows on the plains of the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of Nepal and India. It is the part of ''[[Adhwara]]'' group of rivers flowing from Nepal to the western part of the [[Madhwapur]] block area in the [[Madhubani district]] of [[Bihar]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-07 |title=धौंस नदी के जलस्तर में वृद्धि से सहमे गांव के लोग |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/madhubani/people-scared-of-increase-in-water-level-of-dhauns-river |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Prabhat Khabar |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=उत्तर बिहार में बाढ़ का कहर जारी, मधुबनी में धौंस नदी का सुरक्षा बांध टूटा - Flood havoc continues in North Bihar, security dam of Dhons river broken in Madhubani |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-flood-havoc-continues-in-north-bihar-security-dam-of-dhons-river-broken-in-madhubani-21971582.html |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=धौंस नदी के जलस्तर में वृद्धि जारी, प्रशासन अलर्ट |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-water-level-of-dhauns-river-continues-to-rise-administration-on-alert-10386379.html |work=Hindustan}}</ref>

== Description ==
Dhouns river is a major river flowing on the plains of the western part of the [[Madhubani district]] in Bihar.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=धौंस नदी का पानी काला दो लाख आबादी प्रभावित |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-water-of-dhauns-river-black-two-lakh-population-affected-9397868.html |work=Hindustan}}</ref> It originates from the hills in the [[Terai]] part of Nepal. In this river, the streams of Adhwara group like ''Bighi, [[Doodhmati]]'', ''Ghoghra'', ''Hardinath'', ''[[Jamuni River|Jamuni]]'' and ''[[Thumhani River|Thomne]]'' merge at different locations. The Dhouns river finally merges into the larger river [[Bagmati River|Bagmati]] in the [[Darbhanga district]] of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharat |first=E. T. V. |date=2021-06-30 |title=दरभंगा: धौंस नदी के जलस्तर में वृद्वि के कारण टूटा चचरी पुल, गांव के लोगों का प्रशासन से नाव चलाने की मांग |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/bihar/state/darbhanga/chachari-bridge-damaged-due-to-dhons-river-rise-water-level-in-darbhanga/bh20210630084048889 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=बागमती नदी के जलस्तर में उतार-चढ़ाव जारी, दहशत |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/sitamarhi/news/fluctuation-in-water-level-of-bagmati-river-continues-panic-133480665.html |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=बागमती व धौंस नदी की धारा में बह गया चचरी पुल, आवागमन बाधित - Chachri bridge flows in Bagmati and Dhauns river stream, traffic disrupted - Bihar Darbhanga General News |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/darbhanga-chachri-bridge-flows-in-bagmati-and-dhauns-river-stream-traffic-disrupted-20497488.html |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The stream of Bigghi river approximately starts from the river at Aurahi Bridge near [[Mahendranagar, Dhanusha|Mahendranagar]] town in the Mithila region of Nepal. The river flows towards southern plains of the Teria region. In [[Nepal]], the stream of Bigghi river is also known as ''Bigghi Khola''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local Roads Bridge Programme |url=https://bims.lrbpnepal.org/intro/bridge_details/2349 |website=Bridge Information Management System (BIMS)}}</ref>
[[File:Bigghi Khola, Matihani.jpg|thumb|View of ''Bigghi Khola'' at [[Matihani, Mahottari|Matihani]] in Nepal ]]

== Religious significance ==
In [[Hinduism]], river has an important place in its cultural activities, religious rituals and sacred bathings. In many occasions people take holy bath at banks of rivers in the [[Indian subcontinent|Indian Subcontinent]]. During the [[Chhath]] festival, the banks of the Dhouns river is used for the Chhath [[ghat]] in the region around the river. A huge number of devotees from both the countries India and Nepal simultaneously offer Arghya of faith during the Chhath festival to the setting and rising sun at the [[Bharat-Nepal Maitri Chhath Ghat|Indo-Nepal Maitri Chhath Ghat]] near the [[Madhwapur]]-[[Matihani, Mahottari|Matihani]]-[[Rampur Village|Rampur]] boarder, which stretches for about six kms parallel to the holy Dhouns river.<ref>{{Cite news |title=मधवापुर में मैत्री छठ घाट पर रात भर रुकी व्रतियां, उदीयमान सूर्य को दिया अर्घ्य |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/mithri-chhath-ghat-in-madhwapur-stayed-on-overnight-giving-birth-to-the-rising-sun-033709-3189938.html/ |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref> The junction of the two streams ''Bigghi'' and ''Jamuni'' at [[Akharharghat]] is a religious place for the local Hindu pilgrimage called as ''Jamuni Sangam''. On the occasion of [[Kartika Purnima|Kartik Purnima]], the adherents take holy bathes at the Jamuni Sangam and do ''Jalabhisheka'' on the ''[[Lingam|Shivlinga]]'' of the ''Trilokinath Mahadev Mandir'' near the sangam at Akharharghat, with the holy water of the Dhouns river.<ref>{{Cite web |title=कमला में स्नान के बाद शिलानाथ महादेव की पूजा-अर्चना - |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-worshiping-shilanath-mahadev-after-bathing-in-kamala-19750234.html |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

During the [[Shravana (month)|Sawan]] month in [[Hinduism]], the devotees of ''Sawan Sombari'' pilgrimage fill the sacred water from the Uttarvahini Dhouns river at Matihani to do [[Jalabhisheka]] on the Shivlingas at [[Pancheshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir]] and ''[[Narmadeshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir|Narvadeshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir]]'' at [[Madhwapur]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=बोल बम के जयकारे के बीच हुआ जलाभिषेक - |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-12782767.html |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> Similarly the devotees in the [[Bisfi]] Block fill the sacred water of the river at ''Balha Ghat'' to do the sacred ''Jalabhisheka'' on the Shivalinga of the [[Bhairava Ugna Mahadev Mandir|Ugna Mahadev Mandir]] at ''Bhairava Dham'' in the Bisfi Block.<ref>{{Cite news |title=धौंस नदी के बलहा घाट से जल भरा और शिवालय की ओर चल पड़े, बोलबम के जयकारे से वातावरण गुंजायमान रहा |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/madhubani/bisfi/news/they-filled-water-from-balha-ghat-of-dhauns-river-and-started-walking-towards-the-shiva-temple-the-atmosphere-was-resonating-with-the-chants-of-bolbam-133401273.html |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref>

== Floods ==
The water of river causes some major floods in the areas connecting the river. Every year during the heavy rains, the overflowing water of the Dhouns river causes many casualties and loss of wealth, commodities, animals and agricultural products around its connecting areas. The water level of the river is directly affected by the rains in the [[Terai]] region of Nepal.<ref>{{Cite news |title=धौंस नदी के जलस्तर में वृद्धि जारी, प्रशासन अलर्ट |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-water-level-of-dhauns-river-continues-to-rise-administration-on-alert-10386379.html |work=Hindustan}}</ref>

== Agricultures ==
The water flowing in the Dhouns river is the major source of water for irrigation of agricultural lands by the farmers in the region. Apart from irrigation, the water is also used for bathing and drinking by the cattles of the farmers residing near the river.<ref name=":0" />

== Pollution ==
The linkage of waste chemicals from the factories at Mahendranagar town in Nepal are flowed in the river. These waste chemicals are polluting the water of the river. The water of the river is becoming poisonous and black due to the mixing of the waste chemicals in the river.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Rivers of India]]
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[[Category:International rivers of Asia]]
[[Category:Rivers of Nepal]]

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ArnoldBAp at 23:02, 13 March 2026