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Ganga (Sanskrit: गङ्गा, IAST: Gaṅgā) is the personification of the river Ganges, who is worshipped by Hindus as the goddess of purification and forgiveness. Known by many names, Ganga is often depicted as a fair, beautiful woman, riding a divine crocodile-like creature called the makara. Some of the earliest mentions of Ganga are ...
The Ganges is the distilled lifeblood of the Hindu tradition, of its divinities, holy books, and enlightenment. [81] As such, her worship does not require the usual rites of invocation (avahana) at the beginning and dismissal (visarjana) at the end, required in the worship of other gods. [81]
Śruta (son), Haṃsī (daughter) Dynasty. Suryavamsha. Bhagiratha (Sanskrit: भगीरथ, IAST: Bhagīratha) is a legendary king of the Ikshvaku dynasty in Hindu literature. He is best known for his legend of bringing the sacred river Ganges, personified as the Hindu river goddess Ganga, from heaven upon the earth, by performing a penance.
Description 17th to 18th-century goddess Ganga sculpture, Musée Rodin, Paris.jpg. The River Ganges is symbolically represented as a goddess in many Hindu temples, including the earliest from mid-1st millennium CE that have survived. She stands on a makara, a mythical crocodile-fish-elephant-peacock icon. Typically with her on one side, Yamuna ...
Jaya Ganga (French: Jaya, fille du Gange) is a feature film made by writer, filmmaker and screenplay writer Vijay Singh. The film stars Asil Rais and Smriti Mishra as leads. Based on Vijay Singh's first novel Jaya Ganga, In Search Of the River Goddess (French: Jaya Ganga, le Gange et son double ) Penguin Delhi/London 1985.
Ganga Rani (Nepal Bhasa: 𑐐𑑄𑐐𑐵 𑐬𑐵𑐣𑐷 ) or Ganga Maharani, also known as Ganga Devi was a queen of Bhaktapur first as the consort of Vishva Malla and later as the ruler who in October 1558 took control of the throne and alongside her two sons co-ruled the Kingdom of Bhaktapur for a significant time. [1][2][3] Ganga Rani ...
Ganga puja. Ganga puja is a religious festival of the northeastern state of Tripura in India. The tribal Tripuri people worship the Goddess of the river, and pray to be saved from epidemic diseases and for the well-being of pregnant women. The celebration involves building a temple of bamboo in the middle of the river or a water stream.
Ganga (TV series), a 2017 Indian Tamil-language supernatural soap opera. Ganga (music), a type of rural folk singing from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Daren Ganga (born 1979), a West Indies cricketer. Ganga, a stage name for Danish electronic musician Christian Rønn. Ganga Rani, Queen of Bhaktapur.