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Ganga (Sanskrit: गङ्गा, IAST: Gaṅgā) is the personification of the river Ganges, who is worshipped by Hindus as the goddess of purification and forgiveness. Known by many names, Ganga is often depicted as a fair, beautiful woman, riding a divine crocodile-like creature called the makara.
The verse "You are a better man than I am" is used throughout the lyrics. In Carry On Up the Khyber (1968), part of the Carry On series of British comedy films, the rebel warrior chief is called Bungdit Din ( Bernard Bresslaw ), a parody of Gunga Din.
A popular paean to the Ganga is the Ganga Lahiri composed by a 17th-century poet Jagannatha who, legend has it, was turned out of his Hindu Brahmin caste for carrying on an affair with a Muslim woman. Having attempted futilely to be rehabilitated within the Hindu fold, the poet finally appeals to Ganga, the hope of the hopeless, and the ...
Ganga (goddess), the Hindu goddess that personifies the Ganges River Western Ganga dynasty (Gangas), an ancient southern Indian dynasty; Eastern Ganga dynasty, a medieval Indian dynasty
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The term Uttarvahini Ganga is used to refer to places where the Ganges river has a northward flow. For the majority of its route, the Ganges flows in a generally southeasterly direction, from the gangotri glacier to its delta emptying into the Bay of Bengal. However, there are several places where the meandering of the river leads to a ...
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