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No worries we keep a close eye on all the clues and update them regularly with the correct answers. Ganga is believed to have the power to purify one’s soul and absolve sins. Pilgrims from across the country visit the river to bathe in its holy waters with the belief that it will cleanse their sins.
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Legends focus on her descent to earth, which occurred because of a royal-sage Bhagiratha, aided by the god Shiva. In the epic Mahabharata, Ganga is the mother of the warrior Bhishma in a union with the Kuru king Shantanu. This clue was last seen on NYTimes December 28, 2023 Crossword Puzzle. Before each clue, you have its number and orientation on the puzzle for easier navigation.
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A friend of ours, who was particularly scared of them, gave us an ultimatum, “We’re going back to Mr. Joshi’s guest house! ” For the benefit of all parties involved, we decided to head back after a quick meditation. Interestingly, we got to know that the sadhu we had met in the Dunagiri Temple a few days earlier was Swami Dharmendra Giri, a disciple of Balvant Maharaj. Dharmendra Giri had made his first cave on an adjacent hill, single-handedly fighting with a bear(s) and taking his righteous place to meditate! We also made a new friend that morning — a female dog who we named Da (Da in Bengali means “brother” but also “to give”).
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Right from the first day, my focus was to prepare myself to meditate deeply in the cave. Alas, for some reason I found it difficult to do my kriyas as effectively as I usually do. Leaving the matter in God’s hands, I stopped thinking about it for the time being. Motivated by the holiness of this cave, I along with a couple of friends, set out on our pilgrimage.
And just as most dogs will do, he smelled my feet and then quietly sat beside me as I found an asana to meditate. We had made up our mind to spend the night in Pandvakohli and hike back the next morning. But the spiders and tarantulas we discovered in our room changed our minds!
” This short conversation with them had ignited my zeal to visit the cave even more. Though the sacred waters are linked to spiritual purity, the Ganges is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. Nearly 80 percent of the sewage dumped into the river is untreated, and the amount of human fecal matter is more than 300 times the limit set by India’s Central Pollution Control Board. This is in addition to the toxic waste caused by dumping of insecticides, pesticides, and metals, and industrial pollutants.
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The name of Ganga appears only twice in the Rig Veda, an early sacred Hindu text, and it was only later that Ganga assumed great importance as the goddess Ganga. For Hindus, the River Ganges is sacred and revered, embodied by the goddess Ganga. Though iconography of the goddess varies, she is most often depicted as a beautiful woman with a white crown, riding the Makra (a creature with the head of a crocodile and the tail of a dolphin). She features either two or four arms, holding a variety of objects ranging from water lilies to a water pot to a rosary.
A stone image of a deity would be fixed immovably in a temple, but a bronze image like this could be taken out in processions for many more worshipers to see and be blessed by. As per mythology, King Bhagiratha undertook rigorous penance to bring Ganga to Earth to liberate his ancestors’ souls. Ganga’s descent from the heavens was so forceful that Lord Shiva had to intervene, catching her in his matted hair to break her fall and control the flow.
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Having thus found a bed, at last, a period of slumber followed long hours of back-breaking road travel. After waking up early, as usual, I did my energization exercises, sadhana, had tea, and then chanted for an hour to Master. Sitting in the clear sun, free from Delhi’s pollution, singing to my Guru was a deeply joyful experience, to say the least. Every morning, I eagerly waited to soak in the rays of the sun and recharge my body and mind. After having adequate rest and meditation, when we finally decided to head back, the sun started to set. With our torches in our hands, we slowly descended the Himalayan jungle being aware of God’s presence and protection around us.
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