Talk:Bhagirathi River

New image of confluence?
Would anyone object if we replaced the image with this one? --



The swirl of sediment is a bit more dramatic. Wilson44691 (talk) 00:52, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I just went ahead and added it. Wilson44691 (talk) 17:00, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:INDIA Banner/Uttarakhand workgroup Addition
Note: WP India Project Banner with Uttarakhand workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under Category:Uttarakhand or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate, please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article --  TinuCherian  (Wanna Talk?) - 13:19, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Name Bhagirathi
As far as I know, Bhagirathi is one of the several names given to the holy river Ganges.The river Bhagirathi originates from Gaumukh (a place which means "Mouth of Cow"), Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India. At the confluence with river Alaknanda, it becomes Ganges at place Devprayag (one of the holy place in India) Uttarakhand, India. According to Hindu mythology, our Gods have several thousand names. The Ganges is also a Goddess among them. She has come on earth to provide Moksha to people on earth. The name Bhagirathi was given to the Ganges because King Bhagiratha preyed several thousand years to bring the Ganges on earth for the betterment of humans living on earth. Since the Ganges came on earth due to efforts put by King Bhagiratha, that is why the Ganges is also known as Bhagirathi.

Requested move 5 March 2020

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The result of the move request was: Procedural close. Superseded by multiple move discussion at Talk:Alaknanda River. (closed by non-admin page mover)   SITH   (talk)   12:53, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Bhagirathi River → Bhagirathi – Primary topic, no ambiguous page of the same name exists, qualifies as per, WP:2DABPRIMARY. Hemant DabralTalk  23:19, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request. OhKayeSierra (talk) 02:12, 5 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Oppose Even if no ambiguous page exists, is the name unadorned the common name in English for these rivers? It doesn't matter if nothing else is at the base title if "XYZ River" is still the best title. Maybe best for a full RM? Snowfire (talk) 01:09, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose It is standard to add river, especially when there is a need to disambiguate, in this instance with the major distributary of the Ganges in Bengal, which is called Bhāgirathi-Hooghly. Also, per SnowFire.  The same logic applies to Alaknanda, which is usually called Alaknanda River.  I say this as someone who has written the leads of these two river pages, painstakingly drawn the maps of their courses and contributed pictures. Best regards,  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  02:47, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Also qualifies as per WP:CONSISTENT, with other rivers that have "river" dropped in their titles i.e. Ramganga, Yamuna, Sarayu, Nandakini, Ganges etc. — Hemant DabralTalk  09:14, 5 March 2020 (UTC)


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