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Gangaa is the elder daughter of Himvaan (Himaalaya), and thus the elder sister of Umaa or Paarvatee. Once she bore a son for Shiv Jee through Agni Devtaa, that was Kaarttikeya. Thus Kaarttikeya is the son of Gangaa too. There are several stories about her origin. According to Vishnu Puraan, Gangaa was originated from Vishnu's left big toe nail. According to Vaaman Avatar story, when as Vaaman Avataar Vishnu expanded Himself to measure three feet land and His big toe touched Brahm Lok. Seeing Vishnu's foot in Brahm Lok, Brahmaa Jee washed His foot with his Kamandal water and the same water flowed as Gangaa River. In another version when as Vaaman Avataar Vishnu expanded Himself to measure three feet land, His big toe touched the outermost layer of Brahmaand and it got tore from His nail, so the outside water seeped in, this is that Divine Gangaa. How Did She Come to Prithvi? Later Bhageerath (Raajaa Sagar's son was Asmanjas, his son was Anshumaan, his son was Dileep and his son was Bhageerath) brought Gangaa on Prithvi to wash the sins of Sagar's 60,000 sons who were burnt by Kapil Muni, because they blamed Muni for stealing their father's Ashwamedh Yagya horse. Gangaa is also known as 'Divine Gangaa', 'Bhaageerathee' (because Bhageerath brought her from Swarg), 'Tripathagaa' (since she flows in three worlds - Swarg Lok, Bhoo Lok and Paataal Lok', 'Jaahnavee' (as Devtaa gave Var to Jahnu Muni that Gangaa will be known as his daughter "Jaahnavee") when Gangaa flowed all Yagya materials with her flow, and Jahnu Muni drank her all waters and then released it through his both ears on the prayer of Devtaa. She is ever holy because - Gangaa is called Tri-Pathagaa
also. Tri-Pathagaa means "with three paths". Her three paths can be
interpreted in several ways -
[Branched from V-Raamaayan, 3/10/24]
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Created by Sushma Gupta on 5/27/03
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