A report on Gangotri, Ganges and Uttarakhand

Bhagirathi River and Himalayas in Gangotri, Uttarakhand

Rope bridge across Alaknanda River at Srinagar, 1784-94 – the capital of the Garhwal Kingdom

Gaumukh, source of the Ganges above Gangotri

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

Fort of Champawat, 1815 – the first capital of the Chand kings of Kumaon Kingdom

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

Uttarakhand as a part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces

The Gandhi Setu Bridge across the Ganges in Patna, Bihar

Uttarakhand as a part of Uttar Pradesh, 1950–2000

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

With the elevation of 7816 m above sea level, Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in Uttarakhand and the second-highest mountain in India, following Kangchenjunga in Sikkim.

The Ganges delta in a 2020 satellite image.

With the elevation of 190 m above sea level, Sharda Sagar Reservoir is the lowest land point in Uttarakhand.

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

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

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

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

Women performing Chanchari – a popular folk dance from Danpur region in Kumaon.

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

Pilgrims gather for the third Shahi Snan ("royal bath") at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, Uttarakhand on 14 April 2010 during Haridwar Kumbh Mela.

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."]

A woman winnowing rice, an important food crop in Uttarakhand.

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

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

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

Garhwal Himalaya mountain range in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand.

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

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun.

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).

Mahasu Devta Temple at Hanol is notable for its traditional wooden architecture.

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

Architectural details of a Dharamshala, established 1822, Haridwar.

Abhisarika Nayika, a painting by Mola Ram.

The releasing of the Uttaranchal crafts map

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

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

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

People bathing and washing clothes in the Ganges in Varanasi.

West Himalayan Common Peacock (Papilio bianor polyctor)

View of a Bugyal (meadow) in Uttarakhand

Har Ki Doon, a high-altitude hanging valley

Rishikesh view and 13 stories Shiva temple across Lakshman Jhula bridge over the Ganges

Kedarnath Temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas

Gangotri is a town and a Nagar Panchayat (municipality) in Uttarkashi district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

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The 2525 km river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

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It is a Hindu pilgrim town on the banks of the river Bhagirathi – the origin of the river Ganges.

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Two of the most important rivers in Hinduism originate in the glaciers of Uttarakhand, the Ganges at Gangotri and the Yamuna at Yamunotri.

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Despite this, nothing is more stirring for a Hindu than a dip in the actual river, which is thought to remit sins, especially at one of the famous tirthas such as Gangotri, Haridwar, Triveni Sangam at Allahabad, or Varanasi.

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The Himalayas, or Himalaya, are a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

The 6000 km journey of the India landmass (Indian Plate) before its collision with Asia (Eurasian Plate) about 40 to 50 million years ago

Some of the world's major rivers, the Indus, the Ganges, and the Tsangpo–Brahmaputra, rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home to some 600 million people; 53 million people live in the Himalayas.

In Uttarakhand, the Himalayas rise again as the Kumaon and Garhwal Himalayas with the high peaks of Nanda Devi and Kamet.

The state is also home to the important pilgrimage destinations of Chaar Dhaam, with Gangotri, the source of the holy river Ganges, Yamunotri, the source of the river Yamuna, and the temples at Badrinath and Kedarnath.