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Jumna

British  
/ ˈdʒʌmnə /

noun

  1. a river in N India, rising in Uttarakhand in the Himalayas and flowing south and southeast to join the Ganges just below Allahabad (a confluence held sacred by Hindus). Length: 1385 km (860 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some of his films - Mela, Naya Daur, Ganga Jumna, Devdas and Mughal-e-Azam - were superhits and won him legions of fans.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2021

Chou drove first to the Jumna River, where he laid a big wreath upon Mahatma Gandhi's cremation ground.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, after his body has been burned on a funeral pyre of bricks and sandalwood sticks, the ashes are scattered on the sacred waters where the Jumna and Ganges meet.

From Time Magazine Archive

It took almost five hours for the marchers to cover the six miles to the banks of the sacred river, Jumna.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few of us marched southward, and hid in the jungles that slope down towards the Jumna.

From Strange Stories by Grant Allen

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