Swamarg

Gaumukh

📍 Near About 19 km up-valley, Gangotri

SEASONAL - permit

🗓️ In season now — Gangotri is best visited May–Jun, Sep–Oct

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Story

AI-drafted from public sources — may contain mistakes, especially specific dates, names, or claims. Only "Good to know" above is field-checked.

Historians say

The snout of the Gangotri Glacier, traditionally regarded as the actual source of the Ganga. The name means cow's mouth.

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No curated connections for this place yet — the connection graph (Technical doc §9) is seeded for a handful of flagship entities so far.

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