News India Live, Digital Desk: The river Ganges has special significance in Sanatan Dharma. It is believed that by taking a bath in the Ganges, all the sins of a person are destroyed and he gets the boon of health. One of the special days for bathing Ganga is a major day Ganga SaptamiWhich is being celebrated on 3 May 2025 this year.
Religious importance of Ganga Saptami
On the day of Ganga Saptami, devotees take bath in the Ganges, worship, perform charity. On this day, worshiping Ganga Maa with reverence and devotion and listening to the story gives salvation.
Story of Ganga Saptami
According to the Puranas, in the Treta Yuga, King Sagar organized the Ashwamedha Yagya with the aim of becoming an emperor. The horse of the yajna disappeared during the yajna. 60 thousand sons of King Sagar, searching for this horse, reached the ashram of Kapil Muni, where they found the horse. Enraged, he accused Rishi Kapil of the theft of horse, which enraged the sage to consume everyone.
When King Sagar came to know about this incident, he sent his grandson Anshuman to bring the horse and find a solution to the fathers. Anshuman brought back the horse, but the attempt to bring Ganga to earth for the liberation of his fathers was unsuccessful.
Many generations of Anshuman failed to please the mother Ganga. Finally, King Bhagiratha did harsh penance to bring Ganga to earth, which pleased Maa Ganga agreed to come to the earth. But to handle the sharp velocity of Ganga, Lord Shiva had to wear mother Ganga in his jatas. After this Bhagiratha again worshiped Lord Shiva, then Shiva slowly left Ganga on earth.
While landing on the earth, the rapid flow of the mother Ganga took away the yagyashala of the sage Jahnu. Enraged, Jahnu Rishi contained Ganga within him. Bhagiratha praised and begs Rishi Jahnu, pleasing he rejoined the Ganges with his ear. The day the incident happened, the day was the seventh date of the Shukla Paksha of Vaishakh month, which Ganga Saptami It is said.
After this Bhagiratha saved his ancestors from the water of Maa Ganga, and the bones of the sons of King Sagara attained salvation as soon as they touched the Ganges water. Since then, it is believed that by bathing the Ganges on the day of Ganga Saptami and offering prayers, the person gets the blessings of freedom from sins and attaining salvation.
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