Ganges in Hinduism Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Ganges in Hinduism.
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“The waters of the Ganga are roaring among His matted locks.”
“Essence of the scriptures and embodied goodness of the gods.”
“All the superior religions had their growth between the Ganga and the Euphrates.”
“O Jahnavi! O Ganga! deliverer of the fallen.... O Protectress from hell! O Jahnavi! O Ganga!”
“Your ancient home, your auspicious friendship, O Heroes, your wealth is on the banks of the Jahnavi.”
“Brbu hath set himself above the Panis, o'er their highest head,
Like the wide bush on Ganga's bank.”
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“On Wings of Song,
Sweetheart, I carry you away,
Away to the fields of the Ganges,
Where I know the most beautiful place.”
“See what an atmosphere of holiness is here -- the pure air of the Ganga -- what an assemblage of Sadhus -- will you find anywhere a place like this!”
“Even the most hardened atheist of a Hindu will find his heart full of feelings he has never felt before the first time he reaches the bank of the Ganga.”
“Scholars who build weighty theories on the paucity of references to the Ganges should remember that in the Yajus and Atharva Samhitas it is not mentioned at all.”
“In consquence of whose (Madanapala's) distinguished prowness, there was never any talk of Hamibra's coming to the banks of the river of the Gods (i.e. the Ganges).”
“Gita and Ganga constitute, between themselves, the essence of Hinduism: one its theory, and the other is practice.”
“...it is more than river. She is the Holy Mother. She is Ganga Ma.”
“The Lord is so kind that He has spread the river Ganges throughout the universe so that by taking bath in that holy river everyone can get released from the reactions of sins, which occur at every step.”
“Paris is the fountain-head of European civilisation, as Gomukhi is of the Ganga.”
“Those who bathe at Ganga at least once in its pure water are protected from thousands of dangers forever and get rid of sins of generations and are purified immediately.”
“O Agastya, one should not be amazed at the notion that the Ganga is really Shakti, for is she not the supreme energy of the eternal Shiva, which has taken the form of water?”
“There are few things on which Hindu India, diverse as it is, might agree. But of the Ganges, India speaks with one voice. The Ganges carries an immense cultural and religious meaning for Hindus of every region and every sectarian persuasion.”