The carob seeds inside the pod are usually ground into a powder, or flour, and used for culinary purposes. Their flavor subtly resembles chocolate and is often used as a chocolate substitute. Carob is commonly served as a beverage mixed with hot or cold milk or the seeds are roasted and used in place of coffee beans.
Despite this pollution however, the Ganges River remains important to the Indian people as well as different species of plants and animals such as the Ganges River dolphin, a very rare species of freshwater dolphin that is native only to that area.s such, the city's culture is also closely tied into the river as it is the most sacred river in Hinduism. Once the Ganges River flows out of India and into Bangladesh its main branch is known as the Padma River.
In the Hindu religion, the Ganges is called the Most Sacred River, and one which has a purely divine origin. The Lord Shiva, who acts in the role of Transformer of the Universe in the Hindu sphere of beliefs, has stopped the flow of destructive energy bound to the earth.