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Ganges
{{Geobox
|River
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|name            = Ganges
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|map             = GangesValley&Plain.jpg
|map_caption         = A map showing the course of the Ganges and its tributaries
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(contracted; show full) much more. In [[Hinduism]] it is considered holy to take a [[pilgrimage]] to the Ganges and take a dip. This leads to more illness, adding to the death toll. Many Hindus believe that bathing in the Ganga can purify a person's soul of all past sins, some believe that it can also cure the illness. So, many Hindu families keep Ganga water in their homes as they consider it to be very pure. The holy towns like Haridwar, Allahabad, Kanpur and Varanasi attract thousands of pilgrims. Thousands of Hindu pilg
rims arrive at these towns to bathe in the Ganges.
[[File:Gaumukh Gangotri glacier.jpg|300px|thumb|A small shrine at Gomukh, Gangotri glacier]]

===Legend of Bhagirath===
According to Hindu Puranas a king named Bhagiratha died Tapasya for many years to bring the River Ganges. Ganges was then residing in the Heavens. By the help of pure Ganga waters, Bhagirath wanted to release his ancestors of a curse. Therefore, the Ganges descended to the Earth to make the earth pious, fertile and wash out the sins of humans.

==Economical Significance==
(contracted; show full){{Commonscat|Ganges River}}

[[Category:Rivers of India]]
[[Category:Rivers of Bangladesh]]

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