The Painganga River (also known as the Penganga River) is the chief river of the Buldhana district,

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and

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in the

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state in

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. It flows along the southeast boundaries of the district in a winding, meandering course. It is deeply entrenched and difficult to navigate. It rises in the Ajantha range and is a major tributary of the

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, the other major river in the district. It is also divided

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and

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near Umarkhed and Himayatnagar. There is a small railway station named after the river in the

River course

The total length of the river is . The Painganga River originates Near Madh in the Ajantha ranges in Buldhana districtin

. It then flows through Buldhana district and

. It flows through Risod Tehsil of

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where it gets Kas river as the tributary near Shelgaon Rajgure village and then flows through the border of Washim and

. Then it acts as a boundary between

and

of Maharashtra. It then flows along the state border between

and

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. It converges with ''Pus'' river near Mahur in Nanded. The small Vidarbha river merged with Painganga river. Near old Sangameshwar Temple at village Deurwada near Wani Taluka of Yavatamal district and Kodsi bujruk village in Korpana taluka of

. There is an old Lord

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temple at Jugad near Wani city of Yavatmal the river converges as an island. Every year at

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in the November month, devotees from other places visit for worship. Penganga converges into

near a small village called Wadha in Chandrapur taluka of

flows into Pranhita River which in turn flows in to

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, which finally ends into the

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just east of

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in the state of

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Tributaries

The Penganga River's tributaries include the Adan, Kas, Arunavati, Kayadhu, and Pus Rivers.Penganga river
telangana360.com, accessed 6 November 2019.

Irrigation

The river provides the irrigation to the

and Yavatmal districts in

. There are two dams being constructed on the river, namely Upper Painganga Dam and Lower Painganga Dam. The Upper Painganga Dam dam is also known as Isapur Dam. This dam is administered by the 'Pusad' taluka. Nearby talukas are Kalamnuri, Pusad, Umarkhed and Hadgaon. Its tributary "Pus river" has Upper Pus Dam near Pusad town built in 1971, and Upper Pus Dam near Mahagaon built in 1983.Specifications of large dams in India
The Penganga River gets flooded in rainy and winter season and partially flooded in summer. There is a proposal of making a large dam on the Painganga River.

Notes

External links

Classification of Waters of Wainganga, Wardha, Penganga River Basin / Sub-BasinWiki map
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River course

Tributaries

Irrigation

See also

Notes

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