A report on Ganges, Patna and Chhapra

Statue of Matrikas found near Agam Kuan, built by Ashoka.
Bhagirathi River at Gangotri.
Main street of Patna, showing one side of the Chowk, 1814–15.
Devprayag, confluence of Alaknanda (right) and Bhagirathi (left), and beginning of the Ganges proper.
City of Patna, on the River Ganges, 19th-century painting.
The Himalayan headwaters of the Ganges River in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
Map of Patna district
The Gandhi Setu Bridge across the Ganges in Patna, Bihar
Monsoon clouds over Priyadarshi Nagar, a part of Kankarbagh- residential area in Eastern Patna.
A sailboat on the main distributory of the Ganges in Bangladesh, the Padma river.
Maurya Lok is one of the oldest and major shopping area of the city
The Ganges delta in a 2020 satellite image.
The Mahavir Mandir is a famous temple in Patna.
A 1908 map showing the course of the Ganges and its tributaries.
Bhootnath Road TV Tower broadcasts programming to Patna
The River Ganges at Kolkata, with Howrah Bridge in the background
Jay Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna
Lower Ganges in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh
Patna Junction Railway Station, Patna
Hardinge Bridge, Bangladesh, crosses the Ganges-Padma River. It is one of the key sites for measuring streamflow and discharge on the lower Ganges.
Magahi folk singers
Chromolithograph, Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges, by William Simpson, 1867
Gandhi Maidan (shown above) lies in the heart of Patna and is the site for most political and social functions in the city.
Descent of Ganga, painting by Raja Ravi Varma c. 1910
Golghar was originally built to serve as a granary for the British East India company army during the famine of 1786. It now features an observation deck overlooking the Ganges and the city.
Preparations for cremations on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi], 1903. The dead are being bathed, wrapped in cloth, and covered with wood. The photograph has a caption, "Who dies in the waters of the Ganges obtains heaven."]
Sabhyata Dwar in Patna
Women and children at a bathing ghat on the Ganges in Banares (Varanasi), 1885.
Indian Institute of Technology Patna at Bihta, one of the premier institutes of engineering and research in India.
Shiva, as Gangadhara, bearing the Descent of the Ganges, as the goddess Parvati, the sage Bhagiratha, and the bull Nandi look on (circa 1740).
Patna College, established 1863, is considered to be the oldest institution of higher education in Bihar.
A procession of Akharas marching over a makeshift bridge over the Ganges River. Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, 2001.
Moin-Ul-Haque Stadium near Rajendra Nagar, used for cricket and association football.
Head works of the Ganges canal in Haridwar (1860). Photograph by Samuel Bourne.
Pataliputra as a capital of the Magadha Empire.
The Ganges Canal highlighted in red stretching between its headworks off the Ganges River in Haridwar and its confluences with the Jumna (Yamuna) River in Etawah and with the Ganges in Cawnpore (now Kanpur).
Pataliputra as a capital of Maurya Empire. The Maurya Empire at its largest extent under Ashoka the Great.
A girl selling plastic containers in Haridwar for carrying Ganges water.
Pataliputra as a capital of Shunga Empire. Approximate greatest extent of the Shunga Empire (c. 185 BCE).
Ganges from Space
Pataliputra as a capital of Gupta Empire. Approximate greatest extent of the Gupta Empire.
Lesser florican (Sypheotides indicus)
Street in Patna, 1825 (British, active in India)
The catla (Catla catla) is one of the Indian carp species that support major fisheries in the Ganges
Golghar at Bankipore, near Patna, 1814–15
The threatened gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a large fish-eating crocodilian that is harmless to humans
State Bank of India- Patna Regional office at East Gandhi Maidan Marg
The Gangetic dolphin in a sketch by Whymper and P. Smit, 1894.
Reserve Bank of India's regional office at South Gandhi Maidan Marg, Patna
People bathing and washing clothes in the Ganges in Varanasi.
A murti, or representation, of the goddess Durga shown during the Durga Puja festival
People Celebrating Chhath Festival the 2nd Day at Morning a tribute to the rising holy God Sun
A game of cricket in progress
Kankarbagh Indoor Stadium at Patliputra Sports Complex during Pro Kabaddi League match
The Ganges at Sultanganj.

It is situated near the junction of the Ghaghara River and the Ganges River.

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The modern city of Patna is mainly on the southern bank of the river Ganges.

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It has been important historically, with many former provincial or imperial capitals such as Pataliputra, Kannauj, Kara, Munger, Kashi, Patna, Hajipur, Delhi, Bhagalpur, Murshidabad, Baharampur, Kampilya, and Kolkata located on its banks or the banks of tributaries and connected waterways.

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Sir Khan Bahadur Khuda Bakhsh 1842–1908, Indian lawyer, Judge, Historian and founder of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, Patna

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Along the way between Allahabad and Malda, West Bengal, the Ganges river passes the towns of Chunar, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Ghazipur, Ara, Patna, Chapra, Hajipur, Mokama, Begusarai, Munger, Sahibganj, Rajmahal, Bhagalpur, Ballia, Buxar, Simaria, Sultanganj, and Farakka.

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Patna is about 70.02KM away from Chhapra

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