GANGA

  The Ganga, especially, is the river of India, beloved of her
 people, round which are intertwined her memories, her hopes
 and fears, her songs of triumph, her victories and her
 defeats. She has been a symbol of India's age-long culture
 and civilization, ever changing, ever flowing, and yet ever
 the same Ganga.
- Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India, born
 in Allahabad on the Ganges.