The Ganges River in India is an important river system that provides water for personal use, industry, and agriculture for well over half a million people. This river also serves a major role in the region’s cultural and religious practices. It is widely believed that this body of water is the Earthly manifestation of the Hindu goddess Ganga. For thousands of years, people have believed that Ganga can wash away a lifetime of sins and, therefore, no amount of pollution can harm her (Conway). As a
dream .” All around the world, rivers that are culturally and economically important are being polluted. Three examples of this unfortunate phenomena are the Ganges River in India, the Han River in Korea, and the Hudson River in the United States. Hindus consider the Ganges to be the goddess Ganga personified. They believe that bathing in the river is cleansing, resulting in the forgiveness of sins and salvation. All people, it is believed, should experience this sacred river at least once in their life
The Ganges River is 1,560 miles long, this river runs through about 48 towns. the ganges river flows through China, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The Ganges river basin is one of the most fertile and densely populated in the world and covers an area of 400 000 sq miles (1 000 000 sq km). Hindus respect the Ganges river with the holiest of regards. This holy river was named after the goddess Ganga, who is believed to be the daughter of the mountain god Himalaya. now, think about all the people in those
It is a tropical pleasance washed by a noble river" (4). Forster manages to construct a link between two implicitly different descriptions through the town of Chandrapore. He paints a ying-yang image when he states that "it is a city of gardens" (4) since urban areas usually do not have gardens;
The Ganges River, which is popularly known by its own Hindu name—Ganga, is the symbol of India’s ancient culture and civilization. This river is the most sacred river in Hinduism. People believe that taking a dip into the water of the Ganges will purify their souls from all committed sins in the past, so they can go to heaven. The Ganges River flows from the top of the southern side of the Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand. In the article, “Ganges River,” the author Jay Yett says, “The Ganges
Cleaning of River Ganga Initiative Sampath Kolachana - Akash Agarwal - 12114004 Bharat Gaind - 12114022 Pankaj Gudlani - 12114047 CSE Department, IIT Roorkee Abstract: Ganga is the largest river of India, the most sacred river to the Hindus, more than 2500 kms in length is the third largest river by discharge. The condition of ganga river is deteriorating day by day. In Varanasi alone, around 2000 million litres of sewage is dumped into river ganga everyday. This paper displays the condition
were highly influenced by the Ganges river, in fact that was one of the reasons they stayed around so long. This river gave them fertile soil, and also played a big role in their religious practices. The ancient Indian civilization lasted from 3300 BC to 1500 BC. (Kokila) Ancient India had very broad social pyramid requirements and the classes were servants, farmers, warriors and king, and the highest class which was above the king. If it were not for the Ganges River or any other natural resource
When I was a child, my late grandfather and I spent every summer on the bank of the river ganges. We would skip stones across the water, breaking the surface of incoming swells. We would wage Wrs, with sticks for swords and shells for arrows, like the most fearsome of ancient kings and queens. Idyllic. They never ended. Like the ebb and flow of the tide, under the azure and warmth of the indian skies, these days continued. My earliest memories of my grandfather were couloured by the times in these
The Ganges River is the most holy and most polluted river in India. Everyday the river is filled with waste, oil, and even dead bodies. The pollution of the river has drastically increased over the last fifteen years. The Ganges River runs through one of the most sacred Hindu cities in India also known as Varanasi. In Hinduism, rivers are known to be “worshiped for embodying the divine, creative, female energy that generate the universe”. This explains why Hindus feel the need to bathe and throw
Title page Intro: 150 ok BP1: 250 BP2: 250 BP3: 250 Concl: 150 INTRODUCTION: The Ganges is a trans-limit waterway of Asia which courses through the countries of India and Bangladesh. The 2,525 km river ascends in Himalayas in the Indian province of Uttarakhand, and streams east and south through the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh, where it flows down into the Bay of Bengal. It is the third largest waterway on the planet by release. It is a main source of irrigation, water for drinking