Hooghly River Hooghly River The Hooghly River ("Hugli"; Anglicized alternatively spelled "Hoogli" or "Hugli") or the Bhāgirathi-Hooghly, traditionally called 'Ganga', is an approximately distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, India. The Ganges splits into the Padma and the Hooghly near Giria, Murshidabad. The Padma flows eastward into Bangladesh, whereas the Hooghly flows south through West Bengal. The river flows through the Rarh region, the lower deltaic districts of West Bengal, and eventually into the Bay of Bengal. The upper riparian zone of the river is called Bhagirathi while the lower riparian zone is called Hooghly. Calcutta and Hugli-Chinsura, the headquarter
Ganga in Hinduism his own downfall by abducting and disgracing a princess named Amba whose only wish was to be married. The Ganga is the distilled lifeblood of the Hindu tradition, of its divinities, holy books, and enlightenment. As such, her worship does not require the usual rites of invocation ("avahana") at the beginning and dismissal ("visarjana") at the end, required in the worship of other gods. Her divinity is immediate and everlasting, but only for as long as the river survives. Ganga is mentioned in the "Rig Veda", the earliest and theoretically the holiest of the Hindu scriptures. Ganga is mentioned in