Vashishth will lead her to the destination
she had descended down to Earth
and she should follow him just like a
merged with the ocean through Ganga.
daughter follows her father. Finally,
SPECIAL FEATURE
when sage Vashishth followed by Gomti
reached
their
destination,
all
the
Categorization of watersheds :
Manasputras could eulogized Ganga and
A watershed is a geographic area that
expressed their gratitude to Vashishth
drains to a common point. Watersheds
for bringing Ganga on earth.
They
can be categorised in a number of
and
groups, depending upon the mode of
offered
‘aradhya’
to
Gomti
subsequently eulogized Lord Vishnu.
classification used
Lord
Common modes of classifications are
Vishnu
appeared
after
being
pleased and blessed them – “Your
for the purpose.
outlined below:-
unflinching devotion in me has pleased
me no bound. Since you did this penance
1. Watersheds based on size :
with the objective of Moksha (salvation),
A watershed is termed as large, mini or
this
famous
micro depending upon its size which can
as Moksha Dayak (giver of salvation).
be managed for implementation by
This sacrosanct place would also be
various agencies within a reasonable
called
of
time period. For example, a micro-
Sudarshan chakra, who informed you all
watershed is one which has a single
of my manifestation on earth. I assure
drainage
you that I won’t abandon this sacrosanct
extending to an area within 500 ha (5 sq.
place even for a moment.”
km.). Mini watersheds comprises of a
This way, all the Manasputras were
number of drainage systems, extending
finally successful in their objective of
to an area from more than 500 ha (5 sq.
offering aradhya to Lord Vishnu with the
km) to 2000 ha (20 sq. km.). A large
holy water of Gomti. At last, Gomti
watershed is an area including a
having fulfilled her mission for which
complete drainage catchment which has
place
would
Chakra
become
teerth
because
with
subsidiary
branches,
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