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2 days ago · Rabindranath Tagore singing Tabu Mone Rekho. Recorded c. 1930–40. Rabindranath Tagore FRAS ( / rəˈbɪndrənɑːt tæˈɡɔːr / ⓘ; pronounced [roˈbindɾonatʰ ˈʈʰakuɾ]; [1] 7 May 1861 [2] – 7 August 1941 [3]) was an Indian poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance.
2 days ago · Chromolithograph, Indian woman floating lamps on the Ganges, by William Simpson, 1867. The Ganges is a sacred river to Hindus along every fragment of its length.
4 days ago · The Ganges River, which is 1,560 miles (2,510 km) long and drains one-fourth of the territory of India, ends in the Ganges, or Ganges-Brahmaputra, delta and empties into the Bay of Bengal. Why is the Ganges River considered holy in Hinduism?
1 day ago · The Ganges has numerous tributaries, with major ones including the Yamuna, Son, Ghaghara, Gandak, and Kosi rivers. Canva. The Ganga, or Ganges River, holds immense cultural, spiritual, and ...
5 days ago · Haridwar, city, northwestern Uttarakhand state, northern India, on the Ganges River. It is one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus and is a major pilgrimage center. Its chief object of pilgrimage is Har-ki-pauri (the bathing ghat along the river), which has what believers consider to be a footprint of Vishnu.
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3 days ago · Brahmaputra River, major river of Central and South Asia. It flows some 1,800 miles (2,900 km) from its source in the Himalayas to its confluence with the Ganges (Ganga) River, after which the mingled waters of the two rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal. Along its course the Brahmaputra passes
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1 day ago · The longest in India. The Ganga flows over a vast distance of 2,525 kilometers (1,569 miles), beginning from the icy peaks of the Himalayas and winding its way through the plains of northern India ...
