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The Ganga river basin is India's largest, irrigating the Northern states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, [[Delhi]], Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. Important cities on its banks include Kanpur, Patna, Kannauj, Kashi, Allahabad, Varanasi, Kolkata, Baharampur, Munger, Murshidabad. | The Ganga river basin is India's largest, irrigating the Northern states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, [[Delhi]], Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. Important cities on its banks include Kanpur, Patna, Kannauj, Kashi, Allahabad, Varanasi, Kolkata, Baharampur, Munger, Murshidabad. | ||
====Ganga in Hinduism=== | |||
[[Image:Goddess_Ganga.JPG|thumb|right|300px|[[Goddess Ganga]], [[Ellora Caves]], [[Maharastra]], [[Archaeological Survey of India]] monument number N-MH-A51]] | [[Image:Goddess_Ganga.JPG|thumb|right|300px|[[Goddess Ganga]], [[Ellora Caves]], [[Maharastra]], [[Archaeological Survey of India]] monument number N-MH-A51]] | ||
[http://www.wikimedia.xyz/index.php?n=Main.Ganga '''The river Ganga'''] is generally regarded, since ancient times, amongst the world's most important and holy rivers. It is held sacred by [[Indians]], especially [[Hindu]]s, and is also worshiped in its anthropomorphic form as the [[Goddess Ganga]], emerging, from Bhagirathi her source, at Gangotri Glacier (in the Central Himalayan state of Uttarakhand) at Gaumukh (elevation 3,892 m). Ganga is embodied at Devprayag when the rampant Alaknanda joins swirling Bhagirathi. Numerous other streams join Himalayan Ganga, among these Mandakini, Dhauliganga, Bhilangana and Pindar are significant. | [http://www.wikimedia.xyz/index.php?n=Main.Ganga '''The river Ganga'''] is generally regarded, since ancient times, amongst the world's most important and holy rivers. It is held sacred by [[Indians]], especially [[Hindu]]s, and is also worshiped in its anthropomorphic form as the [[Goddess Ganga]], emerging, from Bhagirathi her source, at Gangotri Glacier (in the Central Himalayan state of Uttarakhand) at Gaumukh (elevation 3,892 m). Ganga is embodied at Devprayag when the rampant Alaknanda joins swirling Bhagirathi. Numerous other streams join Himalayan Ganga, among these Mandakini, Dhauliganga, Bhilangana and Pindar are significant. | ||
==Sequence of tributary confluence== | ====Sequence of tributary confluence==== | ||
Alaknanda joins Dhauliganga (at Vishnuprayag), Mandakini (at Nandprayag), Pindar (at Karnaprayag), Mandakini (at Rudraprayag) and ultimately Bhagirathi (at Devaprayag) from where onwards, it is known as [[Ganga]]. The Bhagirathi is considered the prime source stream, fed by melting glacial snow and ice from peaks such as Kamet and Nanda Devi. | Alaknanda joins Dhauliganga (at Vishnuprayag), Mandakini (at Nandprayag), Pindar (at Karnaprayag), Mandakini (at Rudraprayag) and ultimately Bhagirathi (at Devaprayag) from where onwards, it is known as [[Ganga]]. The Bhagirathi is considered the prime source stream, fed by melting glacial snow and ice from peaks such as Kamet and Nanda Devi. | ||
==Ganga in Islam== | ====Ganga in Islam==== | ||
[[Image:Mosque_on_the_banks_of_the_Ganga,_river_India_Auguste_Borget_oil_on_canvas_1846.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Mosque]] on the banks of the [[Ganga river]] [[India]], [[Auguste Borget]], oil on canvas [[1846]]]] | [[Image:Mosque_on_the_banks_of_the_Ganga,_river_India_Auguste_Borget_oil_on_canvas_1846.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Mosque]] on the banks of the [[Ganga river]] [[India]], [[Auguste Borget]], oil on canvas [[1846]]]] | ||
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Ganga, also known as "Ganga/Ganges", (archaic Ganges) is a major river system in the Indian subcontinent flowing East through North India's Gangetic plains, traversing 2,525 km in the course to discharge into the Bay of Bengal through its vast delta in the Sunderbans and Bangladesh. Several important tributaries add their waters during this journey to make Ganga the 3rd largest river in the world by discharge volume.
The Ganga river basin is India's largest, irrigating the Northern states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. Important cities on its banks include Kanpur, Patna, Kannauj, Kashi, Allahabad, Varanasi, Kolkata, Baharampur, Munger, Murshidabad.
=Ganga in Hinduism
The river Ganga is generally regarded, since ancient times, amongst the world's most important and holy rivers. It is held sacred by Indians, especially Hindus, and is also worshiped in its anthropomorphic form as the Goddess Ganga, emerging, from Bhagirathi her source, at Gangotri Glacier (in the Central Himalayan state of Uttarakhand) at Gaumukh (elevation 3,892 m). Ganga is embodied at Devprayag when the rampant Alaknanda joins swirling Bhagirathi. Numerous other streams join Himalayan Ganga, among these Mandakini, Dhauliganga, Bhilangana and Pindar are significant.
Sequence of tributary confluence
Alaknanda joins Dhauliganga (at Vishnuprayag), Mandakini (at Nandprayag), Pindar (at Karnaprayag), Mandakini (at Rudraprayag) and ultimately Bhagirathi (at Devaprayag) from where onwards, it is known as Ganga. The Bhagirathi is considered the prime source stream, fed by melting glacial snow and ice from peaks such as Kamet and Nanda Devi.
Ganga in Islam
