Gomti River

Gomti River (गोमती नदी)
Gumti River
River
Gomti River at Lucknow
Country	India
Source	Gomat Taal
- location	Pilibhit, Middle Ganga Plain
- elevation	200 m (656 ft)
- coordinates	25°30′29″N 83°10′11″E / 25.50806°N 83.16972°E / 25.50806; 83.16972
Length	900 km (559 mi) approx.
Discharge	for Saidpur,Ghazipur
- average	234 m3/s (8,264 cu ft/s)

The Gomti, Gumti or Gomati River (Hindi: गोमती Gomtī) is a tributary of the Ganga River. According to Hindu mythology the river is the daughter of Sage Vashist, and bathing in the waters of the Gomati on Ekadashi (the eleventh day of the Sanatana Dharma-Hindu calendar) can wash away one's sins. According to the major religious work, Srimad Bhagavatam, the Gomati is one of the many transcendental rivers in India. It is the river where sacred Gomti Chakras are found.

The Gomti a monsoon and ground water fed river originates from Gomat Taal which formally known as Fulhaar jheel, near Madho Tanda, Pilibhit, India. It extends 960 kilometres (600 mi) through Uttar Pradesh and meets the Ganges River near Saidpur, Kaithi in Varanasi district.

After 20 kilometres (12 mi) from its origin, a very small river, the Gaihaaee, meets it. The river is a thin stream until it reaches Mohammadi Kheri (about 100 km from its origin), a tehsil of Lakhimpur Kheri district, where it is joined by some tributaries like Sukheta, Choha and Andhra Choha. From here the river is well defined. Later other tributaries join this river. These are Kathina at Mailani and Sarayan at a village in Sitapur district. Another major tributary is the Sai River, which joins near Jaunpur. At the sangam (confluence) of Gomti and Ganges, the famous Markandey Mahadeo temple is situated.