जह्नु-आश्रम

यह आश्रम भागलपुर के पश्चिम में सुल्तानगंज के पास था, यहां जहु ऋषि ने एक घूंट में गंङ्गा को पी लिया था, भागीरथी के मिन्नत पर उसने गंङ्गा को उवक दिया था, जिसके कारण गंङ्गा को जाह्नवी या जहु-कन्या कहते h

English: the hermitage of the sage of jahnu was situated at sultanhanj on the west of bhagalpur, the ganga on her way to an ocean was quaffed down by the sage when interrupted in his mediation by rush of water and was let out by an incision in his thigh, hence the name of janhavi or jahanukanya