A report on Patna, Ganges and Gandaki River

Statue of Matrikas found near Agam Kuan, built by Ashoka.

Panorama of the Kali Gandaki gorge in Upper Mustang

Main street of Patna, showing one side of the Chowk, 1814–15.

City of Patna, on the River Ganges, 19th-century painting.

Devprayag, confluence of Alaknanda (right) and Bhagirathi (left), and beginning of the Ganges proper.

In Nepal, the river quickly crosses different climate zones

The Himalayan headwaters of the Ganges River in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.

Gandaki River flows through a pine forest 25 km downstream from the place above

Monsoon clouds over Priyadarshi Nagar, a part of Kankarbagh- residential area in Eastern Patna.

The Gandhi Setu Bridge across the Ganges in Patna, Bihar

Maurya Lok is one of the oldest and major shopping area of the city

A sailboat on the main distributory of the Ganges in Bangladesh, the Padma river.

Kali Gandaki River near Ghasa, between Annapurna and Dhaulagiri

The Mahavir Mandir is a famous temple in Patna.

The Ganges delta in a 2020 satellite image.

Gandaki river that divides Syangja District and Palpa District in Ramghat

Bhootnath Road TV Tower broadcasts programming to Patna

A 1908 map showing the course of the Ganges and its tributaries.

The River Ganges at Kolkata, with Howrah Bridge in the background

October 1966- Gandaki Valley, near Jomosom Nepal, with Tibetan Refugees. Note the head straps for carrying heavy loads. Most Tibetan refugees pass through Nepal to India where The 14th Dalai Lama resides.

Hardinge Bridge, Bangladesh, crosses the Ganges-Padma River. It is one of the key sites for measuring streamflow and discharge on the lower Ganges.

Gandhi Maidan (shown above) lies in the heart of Patna and is the site for most political and social functions in the city.

Chromolithograph, Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges, by William Simpson, 1867

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.

Descent of Ganga, painting by Raja Ravi Varma c. 1910

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."]

Indian Institute of Technology Patna at Bihta, one of the premier institutes of engineering and research in India.

Women and children at a bathing ghat on the Ganges in Banares (Varanasi), 1885.

Patna College, established 1863, is considered to be the oldest institution of higher education in Bihar.

Shiva, as Gangadhara, bearing the Descent of the Ganges, as the goddess Parvati, the sage Bhagiratha, and the bull Nandi look on (circa 1740).

Moin-Ul-Haque Stadium near Rajendra Nagar, used for cricket and association football.

A procession of Akharas marching over a makeshift bridge over the Ganges River. Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, 2001.

Pataliputra as a capital of the Magadha Empire.

Head works of the Ganges canal in Haridwar (1860). Photograph by Samuel Bourne.

Pataliputra as a capital of Maurya Empire. The Maurya Empire at its largest extent under Ashoka the Great.

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 Shunga Empire. Approximate greatest extent of the Shunga Empire (c. 185 BCE).

A girl selling plastic containers in Haridwar for carrying Ganges water.

Pataliputra as a capital of Gupta Empire. Approximate greatest extent of the Gupta Empire.

Street in Patna, 1825 (British, active in India)

Golghar at Bankipore, near Patna, 1814–15

The catla (Catla catla) is one of the Indian carp species that support major fisheries in the Ganges

State Bank of India- Patna Regional office at East Gandhi Maidan Marg

The threatened gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a large fish-eating crocodilian that is harmless to humans

Reserve Bank of India's regional office at South Gandhi Maidan Marg, Patna

The Gangetic dolphin in a sketch by Whymper and P. Smit, 1894.

A murti, or representation, of the goddess Durga shown during the Durga Puja festival

People bathing and washing clothes in the Ganges in Varanasi.

People Celebrating Chhath Festival the 2nd Day at Morning a tribute to the rising holy God Sun

Kankarbagh Indoor Stadium at Patliputra Sports Complex during Pro Kabaddi League match

The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and the Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India.

- Gandaki River

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

- Patna

The city also straddles the rivers Sone, Gandak and Punpun.

- Patna

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.

- Ganges

It joins the Ganges near Patna just downstream of Hajipur at Sonpur (also known as Harihar Kshetra).

- Gandaki River

The 814 km long Gandaki River, then the 729 km long Kosi River, join from the north flowing from Nepal, contributing about 1654 m3/s and 2166 m3/s, respectively.

- Ganges

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Bihar

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State in eastern India.

(Sitting L to R): Rajendra Prasad and Anugrah Narayan Sinha during Mahatma Gandhi's 1917 Champaran Satyagraha

Kathak classical dance form, from Bhojpur region

Patna river port on national inland waterways-1 at Gai Ghat

Front view of administrative building of IIT Patna

The Bihar plain is split by the river Ganges, which flows from west to east.

It had its capital at Pataliputra (modern Patna).

The main northern tributaries are the Gandak and Koshi, which originate in the Nepalese Himalayas, and the Bagmati, which originates in the Kathmandu Valley.

Hajipur

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Headquarters and largest city of Vaishali district of the state of Bihar in India.

Patna, is only 10 km from Hajipur, with the cities separated by the Ganges river.

Hajipur lies on the north bank of the Ganga while Patna lies on the south, the Gandhi Setu bridge connects both cities.

In British India, Hajipur was a small town in the Muzaffarpur district situated on the confluence of the Ganges and Gandak.