Brief introduction:

The goddess of the Ganges (Sanskrit:????English: Goddess Ganga)The HinduThe goddess, the personification of the Ganges.According to mythology, the goddess of the Ganges for snow mountain god (the personification of the himalaya) daughter, sister of snow mountain goddess.

The image of the goddess of the Ganges

Symbol of India's greatest Ganges, goddess of the Ganges, appearance is grave, the image of the goddess of the Ganges usually is a beautiful girl with four arms and two armed with net bottle, two holding a lotus flower.The sea is her mount mo Galois (the match began in the gupta dynasty).

The Ganges river GODDESS GODDESS GANGA

Related to the Ganges river goddess mythology mainly include the story of galactic descent and Vishnu the story.

The Milky Way's descent:

The king of the sun dynasty colophon JiLuoTuo in order to make his great-grandfather's 60000 brothers (caleb was biro fairy shenhuo burned) soul get purification, aspire to practice hard.Austerities he touched the sky goddess of the Milky Way, the goddess of answer to the water of the Milky Way to purify the soul for him, but because of the water from the sky, powerful, unless by the god shiva, otherwise the world to destroy.L 'envoi JiLuoTuo and make more hard practice, finally the shiva is touched.So, first into the head of shiva Milky Way, is a great god's hair is divided into several smaller power flow and then fell to the Himalayas, flows through the colophon JiLuoTuo ancestors were burnt to ashes, make their soul in heaven.Fallen galaxy from the Himalayas into India, became the world of the Ganges.

Vishnu the birth

King the king of the moon dynasty fu body (both sides in the epic mahabharata jiu Lou clan common ancestor with the pandavas) father polo Deborah once told him, have to book a wife for him, butTo get marriedAfter never inquire about the origin of the wife or to interfere in her behavior.Then one king of tianfu body was walking at the edge of the Ganges river saw a beautiful girl, girl asked him exactly the same as that of the above conditions, Yu Shifu body king was delighted, and she got married.The woman is the goddess of the Ganges.Goddess to marry the king of body for the following reasons: we have sinned against heaven eight old womans Sue god extremely abundant immortal (for they steal fortunes god cattle), had been exiled to earth by the fairy's curse.They had to asking for a favor, extremely abundant fairy fairy promised last seven of them they can return to heaven soon after birth, only steal an ox mastermind divine god polo colophon she had to stay in human life.The woman Sue god goddess and find the Ganges, asked her descent when their mother on earth.Kind-hearted goddess agreed, then become mortal to marry the king.Goddess of the Ganges and fu king after getting married, eight old womans Sue god was born in turn, and the goddess of life under the child drowned in the Ganges in him, god shiva Sue went up to heaven.Wang fu body, although can't understand, because of the oath also had to see his son was drowned.But when the 8th deva (that is, the divine god) was born, the king of the body can't stand this kind of violence, prevents the goddess, result in violation of the oath.After the goddess of the Ganges told him the whole truth and went back to heaven, god light of god, should also be the curse and stay in the earth (but was taken from the father 13 years).The incarnation of shekinah here on earth god Vishnu namely of moab, in the mahabharata is one side (both lu) the main hero.

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Other myths and legends about the Ganges river goddess

In the rig Veda, the name of the Ganges is mentioned only twice.But in the historical period, the goddess of the Ganges gradually become an extremely important goddess.Legend of the Ganges water is the shell of the universe was d wet slave gnome incarnation of god feet Pierce, from outside of the universe into the three worlds.Scriptures said in the Ganges is the king of the snow mountain parr tile tower in jia's daughter, so she is goddess of shiva's wife Ms. Pal's sister.

The Ganges came to the myth of the world is very famous in India.By the king's SaGa o is a great king childless.So his long period of penance and impressed the shiva, won the sixty thousand sons of blessing.When the sixty thousand sons as adults, SaGa determined to hold the horse the great king, the sacrifice can let a person get like day emperor invincible position.Then god indra fear after the success of the great king sacrifices for his mercy, and stole the horses the used to.Indra brought the horse to a lower world, put the horse in the great sage is meditation national wax (the father of sankhya), and then leave.

Sixty thousand prince found all over the earth also is not found, then dug a hole to the underground world.They found the horse beside the saint national wax.So they decided that the sage is stealing horses, they began to beat the saints in meditation.The atrocity angered the saint, he USES the fire of avatar will sixty thousand prince were burned to ashes.

Roaming around the saints that she Ada has told SaGa burnt great king prince.Prayer saint found great king la forgive his son, so he drew the Ganges sage advice to the earth, if he was the son of the Ganges water flushing to can be raised, can clean the SINS of all.So will the throne to the great king, the son of a live himself in the forest, but because he died soon, so there is no successful please go to the Ganges.His son to the throne and to the next generation, Dali's prince.Dali's prince, although had two wives, who had no sons.He prayed, the blessing of god shiva, got a son, and the name to according to the bourgeois art.And give according to the bourgeois, appearance is very ugly, but when he was an adult, meet a sage gave him his blessing, and became very handsome.He to the gods held a variety of asceticism, devoutly pray for very long time.The last great god Siva and Ganges goddess was moved by him, decided to come to earth.But Mr Give according to the bourgeois, afraid of the impact of the Ganges will hit the earth.

Great Lord shiva decided to use his head caught the Ganges, in order to reduce the water on the earth.The Ganges is divided into three parts arrival.She fell on the sitting in the Himalayas bun of the god shiva.Then shiva allow part of flow to the earth.And give according to the bourgeois, blowing the d wet slave great god gave his conch, will lead to the GangesThe sea, again from the sea into the underground world, sixty thousand the prince is raised by the Ganges washing.

When the Ganges river flow to the earth and the underground, celestial beings also beg brahman to the Ganges to heaven, they also need the Ganges water to clean up their own SINS.For brahma promised they will be part of the Ganges is to stay in heaven.So the Ganges is in heaven is according to the crystal, in the world known as the Ganges, the underground is called for in twips paris-isvara.

The status of the Ganges river in India

The Ganges has the extremely important status in the scripture.Puranas claim, whether to see, touch, or to chant the name of the Ganges to wash their SINS.Bathed in the Ganges, can obtain the highest blessing.Was born in the sacred river bath can not only to the heaven, and after the death of the hair, bones, etc in the Ganges, can also be born in heaven.The Ganges flows through the area is also considered the holy land.

Until now, it's next to the Ganges for cremation is Indian people think is the most auspicious, they will be burned bones after throw into the sacred river, thought it would help the dead to liberation.The Ganges water, considered by India to be extremely sacred, any hindus if hold the Ganges water in the hand, dare not say lies, its status is important.