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Gangotri Glacier is the source of River Ganga. It is in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand state. Gangotri Glacier is one of the largest in the Himalayas. Its terminus resemble a cow's mouth and hence the place is called as Gomukh. It is a Hindu pilgrimage site.

The River Ajay flows through Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Its origin is in Deoghar in Jharkhand, on a small hill of about just 300 metres. In Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman in West Bengal it joins Bhagirathi River. It is 288 km in length.

Himavat or Himavant was the father of Goddess Ganga. He was the king of snow. He also fathered Ragini and Parvati. Himavat's wife was Vedic Menavati, who was the daughter of Mount Meru. Himavat's father was Brahma and his younger brother was Jambavan.

Goddess Ganga is the wife of Shantanu. Her abode is on Shiva's hair. Before descending on Earth or Bhumi Devi (Mother Earth) she descended on Lord Shiva's head to prevent the destruction of Earth. Ganga thereafter was released accordingly from the hair to Earth surface.

Bhishma was the son of Goddess Ganga. His father was Kuru King Shantanu. Bhishma is also known as Bhisma Pitamaha, Devavrata, Gangaputra, Shantanava, Gauranga, Ashta Vasu and Shvetaveera. For the first 10 days of the Mahabharata war he was the supreme commander of the Kaurava forces against...

There are various stories. One pattern says he was unmarried while another pattern of myths claims he was married to Buddhi, Siddhi and Riddhi, which is intellect, spiritual power and prosperity respectively. In Bengal Ganesha is linked with the banana tree and one another pattern links him...

Yes, Sita is an incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi. In Ramayana she is the daughter of Bhumi, the Goddess Earth. When Lord Vishnu took the avatar of Lord Rama on Earth, Lakshmi became Sita. When Vishnu descended as Lord Krishna, Lakshmi took the avatar of Rumini. Lakshmi is the wife of Lord Vishnu.

Lakshmi or Laxmi is the Goddess of wealth in Hinduism. She is the wife of Lord Vishnu. She is the energy or shakti of Lord Vishnu. She forms Tridevi with Parvati and Saraswati. Her abode is Vishnuloka or the Vaikuntha.

Kurma or the turtle is the second avatar of Vishnu. It was in fact half man-half tortoise. The purpose of the avatar was to support foundation for the cosmos. It is associated with Prajapati Brahma.

Matsya was the first avatar of Lord Vishnu out of 10 primary avatars. The 10th avatar is yet to come. Matsya was a fish with a horn. Lord Krishna was the 8th avatar.

In his previous birth, Arjuna was a saint Nara. His lifelong companion then was saint Narayana, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. The word Arjuna in Sanskrit means silver, clear or white. In the Mahabharata period, he was also called as Vijaya, Dhananjaya, Parantapa, Shvethavahana, Savyasachin, Partha...

Parshuram was born as Brahmin but carried traits of a Kshatriya. This is the reason he is often regarded as a Brahmin-Kshatriya.

Bhishma defeated Parshuram, who was the guru or teacher of Bhishma Pitamaha and Karna. Rishi Parshuram was the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He was a Brahmin but carried traits of a Kshatriya. His father was Jamadagni, one of the Saptarishis. His mother was Renuka. He had four siblings and...

Shakuni was killed by Sahadeva, the youngest Pandava brothers. He was killed on the last day of the Mahabharata war, which happened for 18 days.

Vrushaliu was the wife of Karna in Mahabharata. As Karna was a Suta Putra, he had to marry a daughter of Suta or the charioteer clan. Second wife of Karna was Supriya.

Sage Parshurama was the teacher of Karna in Mahabharata. He was earlier denied schooling by Dronacharya for being a son of charioteer, sutputra. He lied to Parshurama that he was a Brahmin and this way he learned warfare.

Karna was a demon in his previous birth. He was Tanasura alias Saharsrakavacha. He had 1000 heads and devotte of Lord Shiva. Lord Vishnu was incarnated as Nara and Narayana to kill him. In the next birth the Arjuna and Krishna were Nara and Narayana.

Vasudeva was a Yadav prince and father of Lord Krishna. His father was Yadav king Shurasena, brother of Nanda Baba. He was a Gwala.

Revati was the wife of Balaram, the elder brother of Lord Krishna. She was the daughter of King Kakudmi and her previous birth is mentioned in the Ganga Samhita. Then she was Jyotishmati, daughter of King Chakshush Manu.

Balarama had only two sons from wife Revati - Nisatha and Ulmuka. Both were killed in the fratricidal war in the Yadu. Revati was the daughter of King Kakudmi. In her previous birth, she was the daughter of King Chakshush Manu - Jyotishmati.