Question
Download Solution PDFThe headwaters of the river Ganga is called ______.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Bhagirathi.
Key Points
- The Gangotri Glacier feeds the "Bhagirathi," Ganga's headwaters.
- At Devaprayag in Uttarakhand, the Alaknanda joins it.
- The Ganga leaves the mountains and enters the plains in Haridwar.
- A number of significant rivers, including the Yamuna, the Ghaghara, the Gandak, and the Kosi, join the Ganga from the Himalayas.
- The Ganges is thought to have its origins in the Bhagirathi in Hindu mythology and culture.
Additional Information
- Mandakini
- In the Indian state of Uttarakhand, the Mandakini River is a tributary of the Alaknanda River.
- The river emerges from the Chorabari Glacier and flows for around 81 kilometres (50 miles) between the Rudraprayag and Sonprayag regions.
- The river passes past the Hindu shrine Madhyamaheshwar at Ukhimath before joining the river Songanga at Sonprayag.
- Alaknanda
- The Alaknanda is one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the principal river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism.
- It originates in the Himalayas and flows through the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
- Due to its longer length and flow, the Alaknanda is regarded as the Ganges' source stream in hydrology; yet, in Hindu tradition and culture, the Bhagirathi, the other headstream, is regarded as the source stream.
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