- Hinduizmde Yamuna - Yamuna in Hinduism. ... Yamuna kutsal bir nehirdir Hinduizm ve ana kolu Tanrıça Ganga (Ganj), Hinduizmin en kutsal nehri.
- Religion: Hindu. Background: In Hinduism, Yamuna is a significant deity, often depicted as the twin sister of the god Yama, the god of death.
- Just like the Ganges, the Yamuna too is highly venerated in Hinduism and worshipped as goddess Yamuna, throughout its course.
- In Hinduism, Yamuna is thought to be the daughter of the sun god, Surya, and the sister of Yama, the god of death[1]. That’s why she’s also called Yami.
- Map of Yamuna River & its tributaries. Yamuna (यमुना) is the longest and the second largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India.
- Yamunā literally means ‘that which rests in the Gaṅgā river after merging’. Yamunā is one of the most sacred rivers of India, next only to Gaṅgā.
- This article is converted from Wikipedia: Yamuna in Hinduism. Yamuna is a sacred river in Hinduism and the main tributary of the Ganges River.
- Yamuna is a sacred river in Hinduism and the main tributary of the Ganges (Ganga), the holiest river of Hinduism.