Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "धौलीगंगा नदी" in Hindi language version.
From the Mana pass, about 50 km eastwards as a crow flies, is located Niti pass. The Dhauli Ganga rises here, and flowing first southwards, then westwards, joins the Alaknanda at Vishnu Prayag, just upstream from the township of Joshimath. Three large settlements. Bampa, Gamshali, and Niti, are situated on the upper reaches of Dhauli, and are inhabited by a group of Bhotias who are also Marchhas, though culturally and liguistically they are not identical to the Marchhas of Mana
