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He caused the shores of Ganga, called after his name Bhagirath to be covered with flights of steps made of gold. [
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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C. Water harvesting: Traditional techniques of rain water harvesting and its necessity as narrated in many sf stories and various Hindu myths notably the efforts of sage Bhagirath to bring the river of gods that is the sacred Ganges on earth.
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He started out as an electrical goods trader in Delhi's Bhagirath Place (a wholesale market for electrical goods).
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This is inconceivable: New Delhi's Bhagirath Palace and certain markets in Agra and Aligarh are known to me, a foreigner, as major locations of the fake drugs trade.
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It is said that Bhagirath led the way and river Ganga followed him, reaching the spot where lay the ashes of his ancestors.
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According to Hindu mythology, Bhagirath, a descendant of King Sagara, brought River Ganges on the Earth.
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In Bhagirath (a Government of India publication) - Oct-Dec 1995 issue, p. 9.
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Just as in the Hindu legend, where Mother Ganges offers her divine draught to the parched devotee Bhagirath, so the celestial flood of KRIYA rolled from the secret fastnesses of the Himalayas into the dusty haunts of men.
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935
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Just as in the Hindu legend, where Mother Ganges offers her divine draught to the parched devotee Bhagirath, so the celestial flood of KRIYA rolled from the secret fastnesses of the Himalayas into the dusty haunts of men.
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922
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Bhagirath, grand son of King Sagar, is believed to have meditated to bring down the Ganga to cleanse the ashes of his ancestors and liberate their souls, granting them salvation or Moksha.
WN.com - Articles related to Kapil Dev bowls to British PM 2010
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