Pindara River

A Himalayan tributary of the Ganges.
The Pindara River flows west from the
Pindari glacier and joins the
Alakananda River at the town of
Karnaprayag. As with all the Himalayan
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tributaries of the Ganges, the Pindara is
considered sacred along its length, but
this region is so mountainous and so
thinly settled that Karnaprayag is the
river’s only noteworthy spot.