WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ganges river in India is more than 2, 500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But pollution, dams and removal of too much water (mostly for agriculture) have affected the flow and health of this vital river.

Detailed explanation-2: -Because it provides water to 40% of India’s population, the Ganga is considered a lifeline of India. Additionally, it is a source of irrigation for a wide variety of crops. The Ganges Basin has fertile soil that largely influences the agricultural economies of India and its neighboring country of Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ganges. The Ganges River is most sacred in the Hindu tradition. It is understood as the personification of the Goddess Ganga. Hindu belief holds that bathing in the river on certain occasions causes the forgiveness of transgressions and helps attain salvation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The world’s most sacred river-the Ganges-is also one of its dirtiest.

Detailed explanation-5: -Varanasi is a heap of mismatched temples and narrow steps located on the Ganges’ crescent-shaped western bank, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a city of scholars, home to one of Asia’s largest universities.

Detailed explanation-6: -Every 12 years, for the festival Kumbh Mela, millions of pilgrims descend upon the Indian city of Allahabad at the confluence of two holy entities: the Ganga and the Yamuna. These two are goddesses, revered by Hindus all over India, as well as rivers that flow down from the Himalayas over the Indo-Gangetic Plain.