Ganga River

Originating at Gaumukh from Gangotri glacier of the Himalayas, the river is called Bhagirathi at the source and acquires the name Ganges from Devprayag onwards where it meets the Alaknanda.

At 2,525 km long, the Ganges is one of the longest rivers in India. Also called the Ganga, it is the most sacred river in Hinduism and is worshipped by devotees as Goddess Ganga.

The Ganges river rises in the western Himalayan region in Uttarakhand and flows through the Gangetic plains of India before entering into Bangladesh and eventually ending into the Bay of Bengal.

Its two chief tributaries are the river Ghaghara, the largest in terms of water volume and the Yamuna, the longest by length.

Some of the prominent cities located on the banks of the Ganges are Varanasi, Allahabad, Haridwar, Kanpur and Patna.