Boat ride on river Ganges - Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
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denben
N 30° 07.366 E 078° 18.692
44R E 240975 N 3335440
Our second boat ride on the River Ganges in Rishikesh in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, 800 kilometers further north than Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
Waymark Code: WMQ8RF
Location: India
Date Posted: 01/11/2016
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The Ganga is the most sacred river to Hindus. It is also a lifeline to millions of Indians who live along its course and depend on it for their daily needs. It is worshipped as the goddess Ganga in Hinduism.
The Ganga was ranked as the fifth most polluted river of the world in 2007. Pollution threatens not only humans, but also more than 140 fish species, 90 amphibian species and the endangered Ganga river dolphin. The Ganga Action Plan, an environmental initiative to clean up the river, has been a major failure thus far, due to corruption, lack of technical expertise, poor environmental planning, and lack of support from religious authorities.
Hindus consider the waters of the Ganga to be both pure and purifying. Nothing reclaims order from disorder more than the waters of the Ganga. Moving water, as in a river, is considered purifying in Hindu culture because it is thought to both absorb impurities and take them away.
Three towns holy to Hinduism – Haridwar, Prayag (Allahabad), and Varanasi, attract thousands of pilgrims to its waters to take a dip in the Ganga, which is believed to cleanse oneself of sins and help attain salvation.
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