Gangā

Summary

Gangā is a river god^[1]. She draws 525 Wikipedia views per month (river_god category, ranking #2 of 5).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gangā was married to Śāntanu^[3].
• A child of Gangā was Bhīṣma^[4].
• Gangā's image is recorded as Teracotta made Ganga of Gupta era 01 at National Museum, New Delhi.jpg^[5].
• Gangā is recorded as female^[6].
• Gangā's instance of is recorded as river god^[7].
• Gangā's instance of is recorded as Devi^[8].
• Gangā's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 109144647651440193801^[9].
• Gangā's GND ID is recorded as 118689444^[10].
• Gangā's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2018241436^[11].
• Gangā's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2017245593^[12].
• Gangā's Commons category is recorded as Ganga^[13].
• Gangā's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9610 (ben)-Titodutta-গঙ্গা.wav^[14].
• Gangā's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dg9s4^[15].
• Gangā's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Ganga-Hindu-deity^[16].
• Gangā's present in work is recorded as Mahabharata^[17].
• Gangā's BBC Things ID is recorded as 3b00137c-30b8-4fe1-9d18-2eaea6390973^[18].
• Gangā's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 10017^[19].
• Gangā's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Ganges_-_religiøs_betydning^[20].
• Gangā's Moegirlpedia ID is recorded as 恒河女神^[21].
• Gangā's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-26253^[22].
• Gangā's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007534411305171^[23].
• Gangā's IxTheo authority ID is recorded as 694870757^[24].
• Gangā's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as ganga-1ff015^[25].
• Gangā's museum-digital ID is recorded as 67747^[26].
• Gangā's DDB person is recorded as 118689444^[27].

Body

Personal Life

Gangā was married to Śāntanu^[3]. A child of her was Bhīṣma^[4].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Gangā include Ganges^[28], a river^[29], in India^[30].

Why It Matters

Gangā draws 525 Wikipedia views per month (river_god category, ranking #2 of 5).^[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] She is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for her include Ganges^[28], a river^[29], in India^[30].

FAQs

Who was Gangā married to?

Gangā's spouses include Śāntanu^[3].