Ganga: India's Only River Flowing Through 5 States - Uncover Its Journey!

• The Ganga River is India's only river that flows through five states: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.
• Originating as Bhagirathi in Gangotri, Uttarakhand, it merges with Alaknanda at Devprayag to form the Ganga.
• The river covers approximately 2,525 kilometers, passing through major cities like Haridwar, Prayagraj, and Varanasi.
• In West Bengal, it splits into the Hooghly River and the main stream, which enters Bangladesh as the Padma River.
• The Ganga possesses self-purifying properties due to bacteriophages and forms the world's largest delta, the Sundarbans, with the Brahmaputra.