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The Triveni Sangam, the intersection of the Yamuna River and the Ganges River. In Hindu tradition, Triveni Sangam is the confluence (Sanskrit: sangama) of three rivers that is a sacred place, with a bath here said to flush away all of one's sins and free one from the cycle of rebirth.
Then, Ganga was released from Shiva's hair to meet the needs of the country. [3] The Ramayana narrates a different version of the myth. Ganga is described as the eldest child of Himavat, son of Brahma and the king of the Himalayas, and his Menavati, the daughter of Meru. Her younger sister is Parvati, who latter marries Shiva.
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Southwestern China, Northeastern India, and Bangladesh. It is known as Brahmaputra or Luit in Assamese, Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, and Jamuna River in Bengali. By itself, it is the 9th largest river in the world by discharge, and the 15th longest.
The Ganges Delta, formed mainly by the large, sediment-laden flows of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, is the world's largest delta, at about 64,000 km 2 (25,000 sq mi). [30] It stretches 400 km (250 mi) along the Bay of Bengal .
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basins. The Ganges Basin is a major part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin draining 1,999,000 square kilometres in Tibet, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. To the north, the Himalaya or lower parallel ranges beyond form the Ganges-Brahmaputra divide. On the west the Ganges Basin borders the Indus basin and then ...
In some legends, the goddess Ganga is daughter of Himavan (the personification of the Himalayas) and Menavati (an apsara). She is the sister of the mother goddess, Parvati . She is the goddess of purity and purification, as people believe that bathing in the Ganges removes sins and helps in gaining moksha .
The major rivers rising from the western Gangdise mountains are the Yarlung Tsangpo (which becomes the Brahmaputra), the Indus, the Sutlej and the Karnali, a tributary of Ganges. All these river systems originate within a 60 km (37 mi) stretch in the region. [13] [16] [17] Mount Kailash is located on the banks of Manasarovar and Rakshastal lakes.
Ganges Delta, 2020 satellite photograph. The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta [1]) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.