{"id":123,"date":"2010-12-24T03:21:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T03:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indif.com\/wp\/?p=123"},"modified":"2015-08-27T06:30:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T06:30:55","slug":"ganges-river-haridwar-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/ganges-river-haridwar-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganges River &#8211; Ganga, Haridwar, India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ganges begins at the confluence of the Bhagirathi (Stream of \u00a0(Gangotri Glacier at Gomukh)\u00a0and Alaknanda rivers at Devprayag.<\/p>\n<div>The six headstreams are the Alaknanda, Dhauliganga, Nandakini, Pindar, Mandakini, and Bhagirathi rivers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The five confluences, known as the Panch Prayag.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The length of the Ganges is frequently said to be slightly over 2,500\u00a0km (1,600\u00a0mi) long.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After entering Bangladesh, the main branch of the Ganges is known as the Padma. The Padma is joined by the Jamuna River, the largest distributary of the Brahmaputra. Further downstream, the Padma joins the Meghna River, the second largest distributary of the Brahmaputra, and takes on the Meghna&#8217;s name as it enters the Bay of Bengal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Ganges is a sacred river to Hindus along every fragment of its length.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indif.com\/india\/ganges.asp\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-124\" title=\"Haridwar - Tourist Place - India\" src=\"http:\/\/indif.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Haridwar-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Ganges River, Haridwar\" width=\"624\" height=\"457\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ganges River, Northern India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More Information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indif.com\/india\/ganges.asp\">The Holy River<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Information :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indif.com\/nri\/aarti\/gangaarti.asp\">Ganga Aarti<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indif.com\/nri\/chalisas\/gangachalisa\/gangachalisa.asp\">Ganga Chalisa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ganges begins at the confluence of the Bhagirathi (Stream of \u00a0(Gangotri Glacier at Gomukh)\u00a0and Alaknanda rivers at Devprayag. The six headstreams are the Alaknanda, Dhauliganga, Nandakini, Pindar, Mandakini, and Bhagirathi rivers. The five confluences, known as the Panch Prayag. The length of the Ganges is frequently said to be slightly over 2,500\u00a0km (1,600\u00a0mi) long.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[38],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/ganga-aarti.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1257,"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/1257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.indif.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}