Gangi is a very dirty perennial river with more human waste than water. A tributary of

Ganga The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

which mainly flows near the

Arrah Arrah (also transliterated as Ara) is a city and a municipal corporation in Bhojpur district, India, Bhojpur district (formerly known as Shahabad district) in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the headquarters of Bhojpur district, located near ...

town of Bihar in India. It originates from Keshavpur, which is from Arrah and again meets the

in the Buxar district.

History

It is believed it is the ancient stream of the river Ganga. Huien Tsang has written in his account that Ganga was from the village of

Masarh Masarh or Masar is a village situated 10 km west of Arrah in Bhojpur district of Bihar. It is an important historical site for Jains and Hindus. Etymology Masarh is derived from the word Mahāsāra. A 600 old Jain inscription in the temp ...

which also indicates that earlier the Ganga used to flow faster in the South than present which is the present route of Gangi. The high bank of old river bed can still be traced in Bhojpur and Buxar.

Course

It originates from the mainstream of Ganga in Barahara in Bhojpur district and flows from north east part of Arrah to the south - west part and meets again Ganga in Buxar. The Ara Canal falls into it near Ramsara Chandar Chur.

References

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