   the bagmati river (nepal bhasa:à¤¬à¤¾à¤à¤®à¤¤à¥ à¤à¥à¤¸à¥, ) is a river of nepal. it flows through the kathmandu valley and separates kathmandu from lalitpur. it is considered a holy river by hindus and buddhists. a number of hindu temples are located on its banks. the importance of bagmati also lies in the fact that hindus are cremated on the banks of this holy river, and kirants are buried in the hills by its side. according to the nepalese hindu tradition, the dead body must be dipped three times into the bagmati river before cremation. the chief mourner (usually the first son) who lights the funeral pyre must take a holy river-water bath immediately after cremation. many relatives who join the funeral procession also take a bath in the bagmati river or sprinkle the holy water on their bodies at the end of cremation. the bagmati river purifies the people spiritually. ==history== thumb|view of bagmati river at sundarijal  right|thumb|bagmati river, 1950s the bagmati river is considered the source of nepalese civilization and urbanization.[http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ancientnepal/pdf/ancient_nepal_159_02.pdf article: à¤¨à¥à¤ªà¤¾à¤²à¥ à¤µà¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥ à¤° à¤µà¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤à¥à¤°à¤¨à¥à¤¥à¤à¥ à¤¸à¤à¤à¥à¤·à¤¿à¤ª
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