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Triveni Sangam. The Triveni Sangam, the intersection of the Yamuna River and the Ganges River. In Hindu tradition, Triveni Sangam is the confluence (Sanskrit: sangama) of three rivers that is also a sacred place, with a bath here said to flush away all of one's sins and free one from the cycle of rebirth. [1][2][3][4]
Language. Hindi. Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi is 1988 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Manmohan Desai, produced by S. Ramanathan and starring Amitabh Bachchan as Ganga, Meenakshi Sheshadri as Jamuna, Jaya Prada as Saraswati. Supporting cast includes Mithun Chakraborty, Nirupa Roy, Amrish Puri.
Near Suratgarh the Ghaggar is then joined by the dried up Drishadvati river. Sarasvati is the name of a river originating in the Aravalli mountain range in Rajasthan, passing through Sidhpur and Patan before submerging in the Rann of Kutch. Saraswati River, a tributary of Alaknanda River, originates near Badrinath.
The three most holy rivers, Ganga, Yamuna and Sarasvati, originate in this area. According to the holy texts the river Sarasvati too was a tributary of Ganga and used to join it at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj along with Yamuna. But, the Mahabharat mentions that it later dried. Today Sarasvati joins Alaknanda at Keshav Prayag in Mana village ...
Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, is a poetic Awadhi phrase for the distinctive and syncretic Hindu-Muslim culture, is reflected in the fused spiritual connotations, forms, symbols, aesthetics, crafts and weaves, for example, Kashmiri Muslim carpet makers feature Durga in their patterns, Muslim sculptors making idols of Durga, and Hindu craftsmen create ...
Yamuna is only second to the Ganges (Ganga), the holiest river in Hinduism. [4] Her confluence with the Ganges and the mythical Sarasvati River is called Triveni Sangam, which is a very holy pilgrimage spot. [7] Other pilgrimage sites along the river banks include Yamuna's source Yamunotri, Mathura and Bateshvar. [21]
The temple art has been defaced, with only remnants of Ganga and Yamuna goddesses visible on the entrance of the sanctum. There is an inscription in the Siddhamatrika script which in most cases are likely the names of the artists who worked on specific sculpture (now missing), and these are in Kannada and Telugu languages. [23]
The Nadistuti Sukta (Sanskrit: नदीस्तुति सूक्तम्; IAST: Nadīstuti Sūktam), is the 75th hymn (sukta) of 10th Mandala [1] of the Rigveda. Nadistuti sukta is important for the reconstruction of the geography of the Vedic civilization. Sindhu (the Indus) is addressed as the mightiest of rivers and addressed ...