Ganga

Ganga

Also known as: Bhagirathi, Mandakini, Jahnavi, Vishnupadi, Alaknanda, Ganga Ma, Gangaji, Ganga Maiya

Ganga is the personification of the sacred river Ganges, a goddess who descended from the heavens to earth to purify the souls of humans and ancestors.

Om Gangayai Namah
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Temples of Ganga

Gangotri Temple
Chota Char Dham

Gangotri Temple

📍 Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

The revered origin-shrine of the holiest of rivers, the Ganga, and one of the Chota Char Dham, set at around 3,100 m in the Garhwal Himalayas. It marks where Ganga is said to have first descended to earth.

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