River Ganges travel, tours and Vacation packages

A short guide about River Ganges

The Ganges River has always been known as a religious icon to the world, but besides that the waterway is instrumental to the agricultural economies of India and Bangladesh. The river begins high in the Himalayas from an ice cave in the mountains about 10,300 feet above sea level, and flows across the northern corner of India and Bangladesh until it empties out into the Bay of Bengal. The three holy towns to Hinduism along the river are Haridwar, Allahabad and Varanasi, and they attract thousands of pilgrims. While the rapids of the Ganges also are popular for river rafting, attracting hundreds of adventure seekers in the summer months.

The Ganges River is known as the spiritual centre of India and its uses are nearly endless; the main functions besides agricultural use are; industry and energy source, transportation, drinking, bathing, and baptisms. Thousands of Hindu pilgrims take the journey every year to dip in the Ganges, which is believed to cleanse oneself of sins and help attain salvation. Babies are baptized in the river because they believe it cleanses the child, also when a person dies and is cremated their remains are released into the river for the same reason.

With climate reports indicating the Himalayan glaciers that feed the Ganges River may disappear by 2030, its time to browse Tourabout for that spiritual tour to India that includes some whitewater rafting, because after that the river's flow will be a seasonal occurrence resulting from monsoons.