Ganga (Sanskrit: गङ्गा, IAST: Gaṅgā) is the personification of the river Ganges, who is worshipped by Hindus as the goddess of purification and forgiveness...
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Ganges (redirect from Ganga river)
Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus. It is worshipped as the goddess Ganga in Hinduism. The Ganges is threatened by severe pollution. This not...
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(formerly Ganga), a 2012 Telugu film directed by Gopichand Malineni Ganga (2015 film), a Kannada film directed by Sai Prakash Ganga (goddess), the Hindu...
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Rivers in Hinduism (section Ganga)
Ganges is considered to be most sacred, and is also personified as the goddess Ganga. Most of the rivers are represented in female form, with the notable...
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Saraswati (redirect from Saraswati (goddess))
goddess grew angry with her as well, accusing her of disloyalty towards her. She cursed Lakshmi to be born as the Tulasi plant upon the earth. Ganga,...
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celebrates Ganga Dussehra today, devotees to take holy dip". JagranPost. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2016. Eck, Diana (1998), "Gangā: The Goddess Ganges...
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Dham, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the mother goddess Vindhyavasini, situated on the bank of river Ganga at Vindhyachal in Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh...
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Pollution of the Ganges (redirect from Ganga Action Plan)
Devout Hindus Revere River as 'Goddess'". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 July 2014. "48 industrial units polluting Ganga asked to close down". Patrika...
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Gangotri (section Ganga River)
3,100 metres (10,200 ft). According to a popular Hindu legend, the goddess Ganga descended here when Shiva released the mighty river from the locks of...
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of bringing the sacred river Ganges, personified as the Hindu river goddess Ganga, from heaven upon the earth, by performing a penance. King Sagara, the...
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Gangamma or the Goddess Ganga, who is also considered to have manifested on Earth as the River Ganga and an incarnation of Shakti. A popular Goddess in India...
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List of water deities (redirect from Goddess of the Sea)
rivers of India, namely: Ganga, the Goddess of the Ganges River. Yamuna, the Goddess of the Yamuna River. Saraswati, the divine Goddess of knowledge and wisdom...
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Dev Deepavali (Varanasi) (section Ganga Mahotsav)
more than a million earthen lamps (diyas) in honour of Ganga, the Ganges, and its presiding goddess. Mythologically, the gods are believed to descend to...
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the Goddess Ganga. Each ministry has its lantern adorned with colorful lights and sets off fireworks to celebrate the river's rich glory. The goddess originates...
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Parvati (redirect from Uma (goddess))
1988, p. 42. Wilkins 2001, pp. 300–301. In the Ramayana, the river goddess Ganga is the first daughter and the elder sister of Parvati (Wilkins 2001...
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creation (Sarga) Birth of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva Lakshmi, Saraswati and Ganga (goddess) mutually curse each other and descend them on Bharatavarsha. Description...
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Yamuna in Hinduism (redirect from Goddess Yamuna)
iconographic depiction is seen on temple doorjambs, paired with that of Ganga (the goddess of the Ganges), since the Gupta era. The Agni Purana describes Yamuna...
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comes out of hiding and was killed by Goddess Gangamma for the LokaKalyanam (well being of all people). Ganga Jatara, the folk festival of Tirupati,...
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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...
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are temples dedicated to other gods as well, including Lord Hanuman, Goddess Ganga, and Lord Ganesh along the Grand Bassin. During Shivaratri, around half...
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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...
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Kumari, Kumari Devi, or the Living Goddess is the tradition of worshipping a chosen virgin as manifestations of the divine female energy or Shakti in...
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Western Ganga was an important ruling dynasty of ancient Karnataka in India which lasted from about 350 to 999 CE. They are known as "Western Gangas" to distinguish...
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She appeared in the Colors TV show Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran as the goddess Ganga. In 2015, Sharma began her television career with &TV's Dilli Wali Thakur...
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Kumbha: After the Makara, Ganga's most distinctive sculptural feature is the full vase, first appearing with the river goddess on the same Varaha cave frieze...
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Pratipa (section Meeting with Ganga)
and chanting prayers to Surya, the goddess Ganga appeared after receiving a curse from Brahma at Satyaloka. Ganga came and sat on the right lap of Pratipa...
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opposite Aakash Ahuja in Thapki Pyaar Ki 2. In 2023, Bansal played Goddess Ganga in Shiv Shakti – Tap Tyaag Tandav. Since January 2024, Bansal is seen...
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the legends of the supreme goddess of Hinduism, Mahadevi, and her manifestation as the goddesses Sati, Parvati, Kali, and Ganga. The work is regarded to...
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fishermen before the start of fishing in Andhra region. Bonalu Tirupati Ganga Jatara "All set for Gangamma Jatara today". The Times of India. 12 May 2009...
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great yardna of the Life" (sindiriauis, iardna rba ḏ-hiia). Yardna Ganga (goddess) in Hinduism Siniawis, its corresponding opposite in the World of Darkness...
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