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Special
prayers on river Ganga's birthday Varanasi:
Special prayers were organised on the bank of Ganga river in Varanasi marking
the birthday of the river. People performed prayers by offering milk to river
Ganga on Friday and pledged to stop the pollution of the river. According to the
organiser of the Gangotri Welfare Committee, Kishori Raman Dubey, prayers offered
to prevent the river from getting further polluted. "The condition of Ganga River
has worsened. The river is drying up and has almost turned into a drainage. To
retain its lost glory, we decided to celebrate its birthday every year," said
Dubey. Legend has it that on this day, Goddess Ganga descended from heaven onto
Lord Shiva's matted locks and then flowed onto the Himalayas. The Ganga runs its
course of over 2,500 kilometres from Gangotri in the Himalayas to Ganga Sagar
in the Bay of Bengal through 29 cities. In 1996, the Supreme Court had banned
the discharge of effluents from various tanneries and factories located on its
banks in Kanpur. However, with one billion tons of waste being dumped into it
everyday, the River Ganga unfortunately remains to be one of the most polluted
rivers in the world. -May 2,
2009 |
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