Origin of Ganges River indicates its religious significance. This river has its origin from a place famously named Gangotri. Several Hindu pilgrimage places are located on various locations of the country from where it passes and locations on the banks of Ganges River. Believers of Hindu religion...
The Bhagirathi rises in the vicinity of the Gangotri Glacier; the Alaknanda originates in the eastern part of the Zaskar Range. From the confluence of its headstreams the Ganges flows among the spurs of the Himalayas through narrow gorges. The river’s middle course begins where it emerges ...
Besides this, you should also worship river Ganga’s place of origin. All the things included in Goddess Ganga’s worship should be ten in number. For example, ten types of flowers, ten fragrances, ten lamps, ten types of leaves and fruits etc. ...
The article reports on the decision of Uttarkhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank to restrict the movement of people and pilgrims around Gaumukh in India due to concerns about the receding Gangotri glacier in this place where the Ganga river ori...
The Ganges River (Ganga in Indian languages; Ganges is the Latin form) Devanagari) is the major river in northern India and Bangladesh. The river has a long history of reverence in India and is often called the 'holy Ganga'. It originates as the Bhagirathi from the Gangotri Glacier in ...
or just seeking the tranquillity of Himalayas, Gangotri is an ultimate destination. Gangotri, more than anything else, is known as the origin of the sacred river Ganges and attracts tourists in large numbers every year. The legend of Ganges says that the Ganges came down on earth after lon...
In Allahabad, these religious fairs take place at the Sangam (confluence) of the Yamuna and the Ganges River which is holy in Hinduism. In the Kumbha Mela of 2001, which was called the Maha (great) Kumbha Mela because of an alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Jupiter that occurred only eve...
The Turag has its origin in the Bangshi River. It is also the upper embranchment of the River Buriganga [30]. Such Rivers were used as appropriate means of disposing of municipal sewage, untreated industrial effluents from rural housing and adjacent industrial belts. The tanneries at the bank...
The width of the riverscape was taken from the maximum bank line in recent years on either side of river in the concerned state. However, all micro-watersheds in the hills of Uttarakhand state, being the origin place of river, have been included in riverscape area up to Haridwar. Here ...
2013. Water quality assessment of River Yamuna from origin to confluence to River Ganga, with respect to Biological water quality and primary water quality criteria, J. Entomol. Zool. studies, 1(6): 1-6.M. Rani, P. Akolkar and H.S. Bhamrah, "Water Quality Assessment of River Yamuna ...