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The Jamuna was a barrier in establishing a direct road link between the capital Dhaka and northern part of Bangladesh, better known as Rajshahi Division, until 1996. This was mitigated by the completion of the Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge. [8] The Jamuna is also a very important waterway. It is navigable all year round by large cargo and ...
Padma River and boats (1860) Eighteenth-century geographer James Rennell referred to a former course of the Ganges north of its present channel, as follows: . Appearances favour very strongly the opinion, that the Ganges had its former bed in the tract now occupied by the lakes and morasses between Nattore and Jaffiergunge, striking out of the present course at Bauleah ... to a junction with ...
[4] [7] [8] It was asserted that, In 2022, after a 700-year break, Bansberia , hosted the pilgrimage again. [8] [9] In many parts of India, similar but smaller community pilgrimage and bathing festivals are called the Magha Mela, Makar Mela or equivalent. For example, in Tamil Nadu, the Magha Mela with water-dip ritual is a festival of antiquity.
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20 Questions, Holiday Edition. Similar to charades, have each player write a Christmas-related person or character on a Post-It note, then pass the note face-down to the person to the right or ...
The river Jamuna (Brahmaputra), along with the lower stretch of the Padma divides Bangladesh into nearly two equal halves. Until now all road and rail communication between the two parts of the country has had to rely on time-consuming ferry services that were often disrupted because of navigability problems. The need for a bridge over the ...
After the 16th century, the Padma grew to become the main channel of the Ganges. [27] It is thought that the Bhagirathi-Hooghly became increasingly choked with silt, causing the main flow of the Ganges to shift to the southeast and the Padma River. By the end of the 18th century, the Padma had become the main distributary of the Ganges. [30]
Padma Lakshmi says her Hulu series Taste the Nation, which follows her as she travels the United States to learn about food and culture in different cities, was intentionally created to target ...