ADVERTISEMENTAnd Kanpur, where Yayati built his fort, is a city known for its leather tanneries and the relentless pollution they pump into the Ganges River. In India, the Ganges is far more than just a river. To Hindus, the Ganges is “Ganga Ma” — Mother Ganges — and a center of spiritual life for more than a billion people. For many Hindus, life is incomplete without bathing in it at least once in their lifetime, to wash away their sins. The stream goes into a tributary that flows into a river and then it all ends up in an ocean.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 11, 2020 03:11 UTC