A report on Himalayas, Uttarakhand and Ganges

Map of the Himalayas (including the Hindu Kush)

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

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

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

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

Uttarakhand as a part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces

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

Uttarakhand as a part of Uttar Pradesh, 1950–2000

The Gandhi Setu Bridge across the Ganges in Patna, Bihar

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.

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

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

The Ganges delta in a 2020 satellite image.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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."]

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).

Garhwal Himalaya mountain range in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand.

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

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun.

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

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

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).

Architectural details of a Dharamshala, established 1822, Haridwar.

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

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.

West Himalayan Common Peacock (Papilio bianor polyctor)

People bathing and washing clothes in the Ganges in Varanasi.

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

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

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Uttarakhand is known for the natural environment of the Himalayas, the Bhabar and the Terai regions.

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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.

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

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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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Himachal Pradesh

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State in the northern part of India.

Bathu ki Ladi Temples, near Maharana Pratap Sagar in Kangra are believed to be constructed by Pandavas

Topographic map of Himachal Pradesh. Most of the state is mountainous.

Tributary of Chandra, Lahaul and Spiti, from Rohtang Pass (elev. 3,980 m, 13,058 ft)

Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) in Kullu

The Mall Road is the central business district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh's capital city.

Terrace farming is the most common form of agricultural practice in the state.

Apple blossoms in Manali, Himachal Pradesh

Khirganga is one of the most popular treks in Himachal.

A man in Kullu, wearing a traditional Himachali cap.

Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital at Shimla

Indian Institute of Advanced Study at Shimla

Himachal Pradesh is the northernmost state of India and shares borders with the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to the north, and the states of Punjab to the west, Haryana to the southwest, Uttarakhand to the southeast and a very narrow border with Uttar Pradesh to the south.

After independence, the Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh was organised on 15 April 1948 as a result of the integration of 28 petty princely states (including feudal princes and zaildars) in the promontories of the western Himalayas.

Himachal Pradesh provides water to both the Indus and Ganges basins.

Gangotri

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Bhagirathi River and Himalayas in Gangotri, Uttarakhand

Gaumukh, source of the Ganges above Gangotri

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

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

The town is located on the Greater Himalayan Range, at a height of 3100 m. According to popular Hindu legend, Goddess Ganga descended here when Lord Shiva released the mighty river from the locks of his hair.