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Seti Gandaki River

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Main source
  
Slopes of Annapurna

Country
  
Nepal

Source
  
Annapurna Massif

River system
  
Gandaki River

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The Seti Gandaki River, also known as the Seti River or the Seti Khola, is a river of western Nepal, a left tributary of the Trishuli River. It is one of the holiest rivers of Nepal, worshipped in Hinduism as a form of Vishnu. The river is also famous because it is close to some Holy places and is the central point of many stories of Hindu mythology, such as the Mahabharata, one of longest books of Hinduism, written by Vyasa, who was born near the confluence of the Gandaki and Madi rivers near Damauli, Tanahun, Nepal. Gandaki River . It rises from the base of the Annapurna massif, and flows south and south-east past Pokhara and Damauli to join the Trishuli River near Devghat.

Map of Seti Gandaki River, Nepal

In May 2012 a devastating flood on the river killed more than 60 people north of Pokhara and changed the course of the river.

References

Seti Gandaki River Wikipedia