

The ruler of which-ever country the horse goes to either accedes to the hegemony of the king who sends the horse and pays tributes to him, or contests his supremacy by fighting his soldiers.
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After a long ritual of worship, a horse would be left free to wander, protected and followed by soldiers. In those days, kings would perform Ashwamedha Yagya or horse sacrifice. MythologyĪccording to the Hindu mythology, the ruler of Ayodhya, a Suryavanshi King Sagar, an ancestor of Rama, magically acquired 60,000 sons. The great river provides water to many places, and many places rely on it. The Ganges flows across India and Bangladesh until it empties out into the Bay of Bengal. The river flows across the northern corner of India. The Ganges river flows through Bangladesh, but the greater part of it flows through India. Many small and big rivers merge with the Ganges in the Himalayan region. River Ganges gets water from the melting snow of Nanda devi, Gurla, Mandhata, Dhaulagiri, Gesaisthan, Kanchenjunga and Mount Everest. Ganges is the source of sustainment of life in the great Indian plains and it is at Gangotri that the journey begins. The Ganges has been declared as India's National River. The supream amongst Indian rivers, is the longest river and greatest waterway in India. Gangotri is the place of origin of the Majestic Ganges river, known to hindu's as Ganga Maa (Mother Ganges). With bit of imagination this icy cave can remind you a face cow. The place, where Bhagirathi flows out from Gangotri, is called Goumukh, which means Cow mouth. It emerges from an ice cave in the Himalayas at the altitude 10,300 feet. The origin of river Ganges lies at the height of 13,800 feet in the mountain ranges of Himalayas, near Gangotri. The sources of this holy river are the pristine, icy glaciers of the Himalayas. But the mighty Ganges is great on several counts, including its origin. The idea is you should not judge a great soul by his parentage, or a river by its source. It's Originĭon't investigate the origins of either a river, or a rishi. The ganges is a source of divine purification for Hindus who travel by the millions every year to bathe in its waters and to submerge the cremated remains of their dead. Many important religious ceremonies are held in cities on its banks, including Varanasi, Haridwar, and Allahabad. The Ganges is regarded by Hindus as the most sacred river in the world. It serves the needs of more than 400 million populations. The Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin covers only 0.12% of the total landmass of the Earth yet about 10% of the world's population reside there. The Ganga is the largest river of the Indian sub-continent. It is treated as one of the most holy rivers of the world.

The River Ganga has been the cradle of Indian civilization and symbol of purity to millions. Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India ( Will and Testament). Ganga has been a symbol of India's age-old culture and civilization, everchanging, everflowing, yet the same Ganga.
