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The Ganges (IPA: /ˈgænʤiːz/, also Ganga pronunciation (help·info), Devanāgarī: गंगा, IAST: Gaṅgā in most Inian languages) is a major river in the Indian subcontinent flowing east through the eponymous plains of northern India into Bangladesh. The 2,510 km (1,557 mi) river begins at the Gangotri Glacier in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, in the central Himalayas, and drains into the Bay of Bengal through its vast delta in the Sunderbans. It has enjoyed a position of reverence for millennia among India's Hindus, by whom it is worshipped in its personified form as the goddess Ganga.

Trivia about ganges

  • This sacred river flows through Bangladesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal
  • The sacred Hindu city of Benares is located on the left bank of this river
  • An ice cave at over 10,000 feet near Gangotri in the Himalayas is the source of this sacred Indian river
  • Each year about 1 million Hindu pilgrims journey to Varanasi, India to wash away their sins in this holy river
  • Calcutta's main river, the Hooghly, is a branch of this one
  • The theme of Raj Kapoor's "Ram Teri Ganga Maili" is the pollution of this river
  • Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers commemorates the Nile, the Danube, the Plata & this river of India
  • Of the Gabon, the Gallego or the Ganges, the river that's named for a Hindu goddess
  • Hindi faithful make regular pilgrimages to & bathe in this 1,560-mile river of Northern India
  • When ailing, Hindus bathe in this, India's most sacred river; and once dead, their ashesare scattered therein
  • According to Hindu myth, this sacred river emanated from the toe of Vishnu
  • In Hinduism, a shortcut to paradise is to die in this 1,560-mile river
  • The Hooghly, a tributary of this river, passes through Calcutta on its way to the Bay of Bengal
  • In Hinduism the ashes of the dead are cast into this river to insure safe passage from this life
  • Hindus believe that dying in this most sacred of rivers ensures passage to paradise
  • The basin of this sacred river in India lies between the Himalayas & the Vindhya range
  • Beneath Patna's Mahatma Gandhi Bridge:this river
  • It's the holiest & third-longest river in India
  • Jean Renoir's film "The River" was shot on location in India along the banks of this river
  • This sacred river begins in an ice cave in India's Uttaranchal state
  • The mouths of this holy river cover almost the entire coastline of Bangladesh
  • The world's largest delta is formed by the Brahmaputra & this sacred river
  • This most sacred river of India was named for a Hindu goddess
  • Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, lies along the Hooghly River, a channel of this river
  • This holy river of India was named for the daughter of the Mountain God Himalaya
  • During a religious festival called the Kumbh Mela, millions of pilgrims bathe in this holy river
  • Varanasi, home to Baranas Hindu University, is on the left bank of this river
  • Mirzapur & Bhagalpur
  • Allahabad, India is a holy city located at the junction of the Jumna River & this more famous one
  • The city of Varanasi, which devout Hindus believe has always existed, is on this river

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