Mother Ganga

The Indian people adore the Ganga, not only because like any other great river of the world She holds out manifold vital and economic utility, but because Her very Name evokes in the Indian centuries, the sacred bank, thousands of saints, sages, Yogis Rishis, men of contemplation and super normal powers . She also carries legends and myths about Herself that evoke wonder, rational person conceive  a sense of sacredness for Her. The highest Indian aspirations, piety, ceremonies are bound up with Her origin right in the splendid snows and icy regions of the interior Himalaya, and courses through the plains of India, into the Bay of Bengal.