According to the Puranas the Ganges is the holiest of all the shrines on this earth. Not only man, but even the tiniest of insects get liberated and achieve salvation. And thus river Ganges is given the apt title of Patita Pavani - the liberator of the greatest of sinners... Ganga...(the) eternal life-stream of Indian culture...integrates into herself the history, the beliefs and sometimes even the hopes of India and its people…
