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Ganges

deity water Hindu corroborated · 3

The Ganges (Ganga) is described as the holiest river in Hinduism. Her confluence with the Yamuna and the mythical Sarasvati River is called Triveni Sangam, which is a very holy pilgrimage spot.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in the Mahabharata.

Relationships

syncretized with
Yamuna
parent of
Limnaee
co occurs with
Limnaeus, Athis, Jumna, Yama, Artemis (Diana), Dionysus, Saraswati

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Yamuna in Hinduism
  2. Limnaeus
encyclopedia (1)
  1. Allahabad (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Yamuna is only second to the Ganges (Ganga), the holiest river in Hinduism. Her confluence with the Ganges and the mythical Sarasvati River is called Triveni Sangam, which is a very holy pilgrimage spot.”

#37405 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Limnaee was the Naiad-nymph of a lake in India and daughter of the river Ganges. She had a son named Athis.”

#43085 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“It owes its sanctity to its being the reputed confluence of three sacred streams—the Ganges, the Jumna and the Saraswati.”

#43929 · extracted by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free