Sri Ganga Saptami / Ganga Jayanthi on 28th April, 2012 !!


Jai Sriman Narayana !!

Sri Ganga Saptami falls on Shukla Paksha Saptami, seventh day of bright fortnight in the month Vaishakh.  Sri Ganga Saptami is an auspicious day to worship River Ganga, the day in which holy river Ganga descended from Heaven to Earth.  


In Padma Puranam - Patala Khandam and Narada Puranam - Uttara Bhaga also describes the glorious myths of River Ganga.   After descending from the Mount Himalaya the Holy River Ganga forcefully inhabited the sacrificial arena of Sage Jahnavi while he was engrossed in  meditation. The Sage Jahnavi got disturbed at this and in a fuming rage he swallowed the holy river and later he released her out through his right ear. Thus, the holy river has got the name 'Jahnavi'.  The holy river Ganga is the River of life on the earth is the purifier of all the sins of human beings.


Jai Sriman Narayana !!

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