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The Ganges, the longest river in India

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On its epic journey from the world's highest mountains

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through cultivated farmland,

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sprawling wilderness to the Indian Ocean,

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it provides a home to some of India's rarest creatures.

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(dramatic music)

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And a lifeline to millions of people.

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Considered a goddess to Hindus,

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the Ganges harbors one of the great contradictions

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of life in India.