river goddess Ganga

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Hindu goddess personification of the Ganges River river goddess

River goddess Ganga is a major Hindu deity personifying the sacred Ganges River, revered for her purifying, life-giving, and liberating powers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ganga 0
Ganga (Ganges) river goddess in Hinduism 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu goddess ⓘ
personification of the Ganges River ⓘ
river goddess ⓘ
abode Ganges River NERFINISHED ⓘ
heaven ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bhagirathi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ganga Devi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jahnavi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mandakini NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedConcept tirtha (sacred ford) ⓘ
associatedRiver Ganges NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Panch Prayag NERFINISHED ⓘ
consort King Shantanu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledDescentBy Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictedAs beautiful woman ⓘ
woman standing on a makara ⓘ
descendedToEarthFor King Bhagiratha NERFINISHED ⓘ
family daughter of Himavan ⓘ
daughter of Menaka (in some traditions) ⓘ
sister of Parvati (in some traditions) ⓘ
festival Ganga Dussehra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ganga Jayanti NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsFrom matted locks of Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPower to grant moksha ⓘ
to purify the dead ⓘ
to wash away sins ⓘ
holds lotus ⓘ
rosary ⓘ
water pot ⓘ
majorDeityIn Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puranas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
motherOf Bhishma NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
ritual Ganga Aarti NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes fertility ⓘ
liberation ⓘ
life-giving waters ⓘ
purification ⓘ
spiritual cleansing ⓘ
vehicle makara ⓘ
veneratedAs national river of India (through her river form, the Ganges) ⓘ
worshippedAt Haridwar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prayagraj NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varanasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshippedIn India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ganga Asnan → honorsDeity → river goddess Ganga ⓘ
Gangapurna → namedAfter → river goddess Ganga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganga (Ganges) river goddess in Hinduism