JAI GANGA MAIYA- HOLIKA SITS ON FIRE WITH PRAHLAD IN HER LAP
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2017-09-18
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‘Jai GANGA Maiya was based on the most revered and the only living goddess - GANGA.\r
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GANGA is the most revered river in the world and is unique in many ways not because of its amazing length or width or any other unusual features. There are other rivers in the world which surpass the GANGA on many of these counts but no other river can match the reverence and affection that is shown to GANGA by the people of India and the world.\r
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GANGA enriches the spiritual lives of millions of Indians for whom the river is Holy because river GANGA personifies Goddess GANGA who descends to earth to cleanse the sins of the mankind.\r
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Residing in the Kamandalu of Lord BRAHMA, Bhagwati GANGA, like SARASWATI and LAXMI is one of the seven SHAKTIS of supreme Goddess MAHAMAYA ADISHAKTI.\r
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The story goes far back when King Sagar, proud father of 60,000 and one son ruled India. The youths, so goes the legend, were so disrespectful to Kapil Muni, a holy man, while trying to trace the missing horse used in Ashwamedh yagna, that he reduced them to ashes with a withering look.\r
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On repeated repentance and requests by the sole surviving son of King Sagar - does Kapil Muni finally relent - King Sagars sons would attain mukti - liberation - only if their sinful remains are cleansed by the water of the goddess GANGA. \r
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Generation after generation do penance to appease Brahma but without success - and finally after much praying, pleading and tapasya by Bhagirath - seventh generation of King Sagar - GANGA reluctantly consents to descend to earth. \r
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To contain its powerful fall, Lord SHIVA steps in the way and lets the river tumble gently through his long hair onto the Himalayas. GANGA then flows across India to the edge of ocean, where she washes over the ashes and gives mukti - liberation - to the sons of King Sagar, an event commemorated even today.\r
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GANGA represents an innermost strain of pristine coolness, piety and purity. The river itself epitomizes all the chareristics India is known for: mythical, serene, all pervading and assimilative.\r
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Ramanand Sagars ‘Jai GANGA Maiya is based on: Shreemad Devi Bhagwat / Shree Padma Mahapuran / Shree Bhagwat Mahapuran / Shree Durga Sapatashati / Shree Skand Mahapuran / Shree Waman Mahapuran. \r
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Others sources of inspiration include: His Holiness Shankaracharya / Maharishi Valmiki / Ved Vyas / Sant Tulsidas and also folk literature, popular legends of medieval and modern literature. \r
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The initial s of ‘Jai Ganga Maiya were preceded by a commentary by its maker Ramanand Sagar wherein he eulogizes the greatness of GANGA, a bridge between the past and present - past and future, quoting extensively from the modern day scholars like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Azad, Shankaracharya and Iqbal among others.
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GANGA is the most revered river in the world and is unique in many ways not because of its amazing length or width or any other unusual features. There are other rivers in the world which surpass the GANGA on many of these counts but no other river can match the reverence and affection that is shown to GANGA by the people of India and the world.\r
\r
\r
\r
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GANGA enriches the spiritual lives of millions of Indians for whom the river is Holy because river GANGA personifies Goddess GANGA who descends to earth to cleanse the sins of the mankind.\r
\r
Residing in the Kamandalu of Lord BRAHMA, Bhagwati GANGA, like SARASWATI and LAXMI is one of the seven SHAKTIS of supreme Goddess MAHAMAYA ADISHAKTI.\r
\r
The story goes far back when King Sagar, proud father of 60,000 and one son ruled India. The youths, so goes the legend, were so disrespectful to Kapil Muni, a holy man, while trying to trace the missing horse used in Ashwamedh yagna, that he reduced them to ashes with a withering look.\r
\r
On repeated repentance and requests by the sole surviving son of King Sagar - does Kapil Muni finally relent - King Sagars sons would attain mukti - liberation - only if their sinful remains are cleansed by the water of the goddess GANGA. \r
\r
Generation after generation do penance to appease Brahma but without success - and finally after much praying, pleading and tapasya by Bhagirath - seventh generation of King Sagar - GANGA reluctantly consents to descend to earth. \r
\r
To contain its powerful fall, Lord SHIVA steps in the way and lets the river tumble gently through his long hair onto the Himalayas. GANGA then flows across India to the edge of ocean, where she washes over the ashes and gives mukti - liberation - to the sons of King Sagar, an event commemorated even today.\r
\r
GANGA represents an innermost strain of pristine coolness, piety and purity. The river itself epitomizes all the chareristics India is known for: mythical, serene, all pervading and assimilative.\r
\r
Ramanand Sagars ‘Jai GANGA Maiya is based on: Shreemad Devi Bhagwat / Shree Padma Mahapuran / Shree Bhagwat Mahapuran / Shree Durga Sapatashati / Shree Skand Mahapuran / Shree Waman Mahapuran. \r
\r
Others sources of inspiration include: His Holiness Shankaracharya / Maharishi Valmiki / Ved Vyas / Sant Tulsidas and also folk literature, popular legends of medieval and modern literature. \r
\r
The initial s of ‘Jai Ganga Maiya were preceded by a commentary by its maker Ramanand Sagar wherein he eulogizes the greatness of GANGA, a bridge between the past and present - past and future, quoting extensively from the modern day scholars like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Azad, Shankaracharya and Iqbal among others.
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