5. Major pilgrimage places on River Ganga are- Rishikesh, Haridwar, Varanasi and Prayag (Allahabad).
6. The mouth of River Ganga forms a vast delta, the Sundarban delta (the largest delta in the world).
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8. Also, inadequate cremation procedures contributes to a large number of partially burnt or un-burnt corpses floating down the Ganga, not to mention livestock corpses
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10. Every day about 60,000 people go down to the Varanasi ghats to take a holy dip along a 7km stretch of the river. Along this same area, 30 large sewers are continuously discharging into the river.