Ganga River

¤ The Most Holy of All

Ganga Cha Yamune Chaiva
Godavari Saraswati
Narmade Sindhu Kaveri
Jale Asmin Sannidhim Kuru

For centuries, Hindus have taken their morning dip while saying this prayer to the seven sacred rivers of India, beseeching that they be purified by the holy waters of these rivers. In this shloka, the one river that is called first, even before the mighty Indus, is the Ganga.


¤ A Disire of A Holy Dip In The Pure Waters of Ganga

There are many rivers in the world that are bigger than Ganga. In the Indian subcontinent itself the Brahmaputra and the Indus are much longer, but none of them possess the character of this river.
It is so much more than a river to the people who live by its banks and the millions who come to her holy cities to take a ritual dip in its sanctified water.

The Ganga is a part of our history and mythology, our legends and folklore. It has seen kingdoms rise and fall by its banks, watched preachers and poets sit by its flowing water; it is a wise, old river and a truly great one. The Ganga begins its journey high in the remote, perilous reaches of the Garhwal Himalayas. They
call it Devabhoomi - the land of the gods, an enchanting landscape of pine forests, steep mountain treks and rushing hill streams, through which pilgrims and ascetics travel to the temple of Gangotri, dedicated to Ganga.