Ganga (Sanskrit: गङ्गा, IAST: Gaṅgā) is the personification of the river Ganges, who is worshipped by Hindus as the goddess of purification and forgiveness...
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Look up ganga, gänga, or gånga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Ganga, or Ganges, formerly also spelled Gunga, is one of the largest rivers in India...
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Jahnu (section Curse on Ganga)
Medhāmakha. Eager to have him as her husband Gaṅgā approached him like a humble lady. As he declined the proposal Gaṅgā flooded his sacrificial hall. O brahmins...
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Ganga Dussehra, also known as Gangavataran, is a Hindu festival celebrating the avatarana (descent) of the Ganges. It is believed by Hindus that the holy...
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Rao Ganga (6 May 1484 – 9 May 1532) was the Rathore Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Marwar. Rao Ganga ascended to the throne in the year 1515 through the...
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Daren Ganga (born 14 January 1979) is a former Trinidadian cricketer. He was a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm off spinner. He...
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Ganga Jamuni (Gaṅgā Jamunī) is a village in Kuraoli block of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh. It is located on a further small tributary of the Kali...
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Pollution of the Ganges (redirect from Ganga Action Plan)
Subsequently, in the June 2014 budget, the government announced the Namami Ganga project. By 2016, an estimated Rs 30 billion (US$460 million) had been spent...
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Mata Ganga (died 14 May 1621) was the wife of the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan. She is one of the four consorts bestowed with the title of Guru-Mahal....
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Jaya Ganga (French: Jaya, fille du Gange) is a feature film made by writer, filmmaker and screenplay writer Vijay Singh. The film stars Asil Rais and...
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Ganga and Jamuna Shrestha were a pair of Nepali conjoined twins who underwent surgery in Singapore to separate them in 2001. The Shrestha twins were born...
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Ganga Dynasty is a name used for two related dynasties who ruled parts of India: The Western Ganga Dynasty, a kingdom in southern India, based in southern...
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Himanshu Agarwal, 2016, Mahabharata Retold: Part - 1, Notion Press. Garg, Gaṅgā Rām (1992). Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World. Concept Publishing Company...
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Beate Gangås (born 24 April 1963) is a Norwegian police officer and civil servant. She is currently the director of the Norwegian Police Security Service...
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The Eastern Ganga dynasty (also known as Purba Gangas, Rudhi Gangas or Prachya Gangas) were a large medieval era Indian royal Hindu dynasty that reigned...
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Ganga is a 2006 Indian Bhojpuri-language film directed by Abhishek Chhadha and produced by Deepak Sawant. Nagma has won Bhojpuri Film Award for Best Actress...
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Rai Bahadur Sir Ganga Ram CIE MVO (born Ganga Ram Agarwal; 13 April 1851 – 10 July 1927) was a British Indian civil engineer and architect. His extensive...
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Zee Ganga was a Bhojpuri general entertainment channel. It was launched by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited (RBNL) as Big Ganga in 2013 but later acquired...
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Ganga Choti (Urdu: گنگا چوٹی) is a peak located in Bagh District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Located at a height of 3,045 metres (9,990 ft), it is a part...
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Ganga Yamuna is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by S. Mahendar and produced by Ghouse Peer. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar,...
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of Palmares, and the corresponding title of Ganga Zumba. Although some Portuguese documents regard Ganga Zumba as his proper name, and this name is widely...
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Ganga Expressway is an under-construction, 1,047 km (651 mi) long, of which 594 km (369 mi) has been approved, 6-lane (expandable to 8) wide greenfield...
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The term Uttarvahini Ganga is used to refer to places where the Ganges river has a northward flow. For the majority of its route, the Ganges flows in...
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Ganga Sittrarasu is an Indian playback singer who has worked in the Indian film industry. Ganga worked extensively with A. R. Rahman during the late 1990s...
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ABP Ganga is a 24-hour Indian regional Hindi-language news channel for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It is owned by ABP Group. The channel was launched...
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Ganga Lake may refer to: Ganga Lake (Pakistan) Ganga Lake (India) Ganga Lake (Mongolia) Ganga Talao (Mauritius) - Also called Ganga lake and Grand Basin...
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MV Ganga Vilas is the world's longest Motor Vessel (MV) river cruise. it was flagged off by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on 13 January...
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Indo-Gangetic Plain (redirect from Sindhu ganga plains)
all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal. Also known as the Indus–Ganga Plain, the region is named after the Indus and the Ganges rivers and encompasses...
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General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, KCB, GCStJ (13 October 1880 – 2 February 1943), was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state...
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