river ganga ppt with the problems faced by it with history

2. It drains into the Bay of Bengal through its vast delta in the
Sunder bans.
The Ganga is a major Indian river flowing through the plains of
Northern India into Bangladesh.
The 2510km[1557m] long river begins at the Gangotri Glacier
in the central Himalayas.

3. COURSE
The Ganga originates in the Himalayas after the
confluence of six rivers.
The streams are fed by the melting snow and ice
from the glaciers.
It emerges from the Himalayas at the pilgrimage town
of Haridwar.

4. The Ganga which till this point flows in a South-Western
direction now begins to flow in a South-Eastern direction.
It is joined by the River Yamuna at a point called Sangamam
a scared place in Hinduism.

5. It flows through the plains and enters Bangladesh.
It fans out into the 350km wide Ganga Delta.
It empties into the Bay of Bengal.

6. The Story Of The Descent Of
Ganga
• King Bagiratha
through his penance
was responsible for
the descent of Ganga
from Heaven to
Earth
• As the might of the
river was too much
for Earth to
withstand, he prayed
to Lord Shiva who
caught the river in
his matted hair.

7. HISTORY
Megasthanese was the first Westerner to
mention Ganga in his work Indika.
Jawaharlal Nehru in his book ‘ Discovery of India’ says
The story of the Ganges from her source to the sea
is the story of India’s civilization and culture, of the
rise and fall of empires ,of great and proud cities,
of adventures of man…..

8. In Rome’s Piazza Novena, there is a fountain
of four Rivers–
The Ganges, The Nile, The Danube and The
Rio De La Plata.
This is the architectural creation of Berlin in
1651.

9. RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE
The Ganga is mentioned in the Rig-Veda, the
earliest Hindu scriptures.
Ancient scriptures mention that The Ganges
carries the blessings of Lord Vishnu’s feet
and hence the name ‘Vishnupadi’ meaning
‘Emanating from the lotus feet of the
Supreme Lord Vishnu’.

10. The Ganga is worshipped by the Hindus
and personified as a Goddess.

11. The reverence accorded to rivers is a gesture
of acknowledgement of their life sustaining
abilities.
The Indian system of beliefs is based on an
intimate relationship with Nature.
BELIEFS

12. Hindu belief holds that
bathing in the River
causes
forgiveness of sins and
helps attain salvation.

13. Drinking the water of The Ganga is believed to
purify the soul.

14. ECONOMY
• The Ganga basin with
its fertile soil is
instrumental to the
agricultural economy
of India.
• The Ganga with its
tributaries provides a
perennial source of
irrigation for crops.

15. The two main dams at Haridwar and
Farakka are a source of power generation.

16. The three towns holy to Hinduism – Haridwar,
Varanasi and Allahabad attract thousands of
pilgrims to its waters.

17. The rapids of the Ganga are popular river
rafting area, attracting hundreds of adventure
seekers in the summer months.

18. ECOLOGY
• The Ganga collects large
amounts of human
pollutants as it flows
through highly populous
areas, carrying high health
risk of infection.
• The Ganga Action Plan
has been set up under the
Indian government and is
attempting to build waste
treatment facilities.

21. WHAT WE CAN DO TO SAVE
GANGA RIVER
• We should stop using the leather goods as
they were the major sources of pollution of
the Ganga river
• We should avoid the use of motor boats in
the holy river of ganga to stop the pollution
• We should not allow people to throw
plastic in the holy river ganga to stop the
pollution