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Ganges ( Ganga ) River

Trekking & Climbing in the Indian Himalaya

Trekking and Climbing in the Indian Himalaya

Photographs of the Ganga / Ganges / Padma River in the Sub-continent of India

Source of Ganga ( Ganges ) River at Gangotri in Indian Himalaya

Source of Ganga ( Ganges ) River at Gangotri in the Indian Himalaya

The Ganges is one of the major rivers of the Indian sub-continent
flowing east through northern India into Bangladesh.
The 2,510km ( 1,560 miles ) long river rises in the western Himalaya and drains into the Bay of Bengal.
It is considered a holy river by Hindus and worshiped as the goddess Ganga.

Ganga ( Ganges )

River

Garwhal Region

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Indian Himalaya

Meditating

beside the

Ganga ( Ganges )

River

in India

Graham Hunt

Ganga ( Ganges ) River at Varanasi in India

Ganga ( Ganges ) River in India

Bathing in the Ganga ( Ganges ) River in India

Hindus believe bathing in the river causes the remission of sins and facilitates liberation
from the cycle of life and death.
Hindus travel long distances to immerse the ashes of their kin in the waters of the Ganga.
Hindus believe that if they do not go to the Ganges then they will not go to heaven.

GODDESS GANGA
HAVING MOUNTED HER
VEHICLE: THE MAKARA

Ganga ( Ganges ) River in India

Ganga ( Ganges ) / Padmi River in Bangladesh

Map of the Ganga / Ganges / Padma River in the Indian Sub-continent

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