Ganga is represented as a fair-complexioned woman, wearing a white crown and sitting on a crocodile. She holds an important place in the Hindu pantheon. Ganga is also personified as a goddess and worshipped as Goddess Ganga. Since the Vedic period, the Ganga River has been considered the holiest of all rivers by Hindus.
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Ganga is described as the melodious, the fortunate, the cow that gives much milk, the eternally pure, the delightful, the body that is full of fish, affords delight to the eye and leaps over mountains in sport, the bedding that bestows water and happiness, and the friend or benefactor of all that lives. Currently at National Museum, New Delhi, India. Ganga stone statue, 8th century A.D., Ellora. In RV 1.116.18–19, the Jahanvi and the Ganga River Dolphin occur in two adjacent verses. RVRV 3.58.6 says that "your ancient home, your auspicious friendship, O Heroes, your wealth is on the banks of the Jahanvi". In RV 6.45.31, the word Ganga is also mentioned, but it is not clear if the reference is to the river. Ganga is mentioned in the Nadistuti (Rigveda 10.75), which lists the rivers from east to west. Ganga is mentioned in the Rigveda, the earliest and theoretically the holiest of the Hindu scriptures. Alongside Gautama Buddha, Ganga is worshipped during the Loy Krathong festival in Thailand. Festivals like Ganga Dussehra and Ganga Jayanti are celebrated in her honour at several sacred places, which lie along the banks of the Ganges, including Gangotri, Haridwar, Prayagraj, Varanasi and Kali Ghat in Kolkata. Pilgrims immerse the ashes of their kin in the river Ganga, which is considered by them to bring the souls (purified spirits) closer to moksha, the liberation from the cycle of life and death.
In Hinduism, Ganga is seen as a mother to humanity. In the epic Mahabharata, Ganga is the mother of the warrior Bhishma in a union with the Kuru king Shantanu. Legends focus on her descent to earth, which occurred because of a royal-sage Bhagiratha, aided by the god Shiva. However, other texts mention her origin from the preserver deity, Vishnu. The Ramayana describes her to be the firstborn of Himavat, the personification of the Himalayas, and the sister of the mother goddess Parvati. Her stories mainly appear in post-Vedic texts such as the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and the Puranas. Some of the earliest mentions of Ganga are found in the Rigveda, where she is mentioned as the holiest of the rivers. Known by many names, Ganga is often depicted as a fair, beautiful woman, riding a divine crocodile-like creature called the makara. Ganga ( Sanskrit: गङ्गा, romanized: Gaṅgā) is the personification of the river Ganges, who is worshipped by Hindus as the goddess of purification and forgiveness.
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