Bhagirathi

Bhagirathi, a branch of the Ganges, regarded as sacred by the Hindus, leaves the Ganges at Chhapghati, divides the Murshidabad district into two portions, forms the boundary line between Nadiya and Bardwan districts, and joins the Jalangi at Nadiya town to form the Hooghly (q.v.).—Also the name of a head-stream of the Ganges, rising in Gangotri Peak, Garhwal, North-west Provinces, which joins the Alaknanda at Deoprayag, and is afterwards known as the Ganges.