HOLY GANGA
Ambashanakar
HOLY GANGA - 1 - Calcutta Bharatiya Vidya Mandir 146 - 146
Holy Ganga
Ganga is held by Indians as a sanctifying river goddess. She is revered as holy mother, granting emancipation from the worldly weals and woes. Apart from the fascinating lores written in the Puranas about Ganga, she has always been looked upon as an epitome of Indian culture, as great cultural traditions flourished on her banks. Many saints and poets have paid high tributes to Ganga in their poems which are essentially in the form of prayers, psalms or eulogies. She has penetrated very depth or Indian psyche.
Dr.Ambashankar Nagar has culled the essential features from several puranic episodes and has presented a well-knit integrated homogeneous story flowing from the ancient past to modern times. Though steeped in tradition it is modern to the core. He has highlighted three important aspects of Ganga as a river, as a woman, and as Indian culture as well. She is a well wisher of mankind bestowing peace and prosperity
Gifted Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation,Kolkata
Poetry
Asia--Ganges River
Epic poetry, Hindi
Ambashanakar Nāgara, 1925-
891.431 / AMB/HO
HOLY GANGA - 1 - Calcutta Bharatiya Vidya Mandir 146 - 146
Holy Ganga
Ganga is held by Indians as a sanctifying river goddess. She is revered as holy mother, granting emancipation from the worldly weals and woes. Apart from the fascinating lores written in the Puranas about Ganga, she has always been looked upon as an epitome of Indian culture, as great cultural traditions flourished on her banks. Many saints and poets have paid high tributes to Ganga in their poems which are essentially in the form of prayers, psalms or eulogies. She has penetrated very depth or Indian psyche.
Dr.Ambashankar Nagar has culled the essential features from several puranic episodes and has presented a well-knit integrated homogeneous story flowing from the ancient past to modern times. Though steeped in tradition it is modern to the core. He has highlighted three important aspects of Ganga as a river, as a woman, and as Indian culture as well. She is a well wisher of mankind bestowing peace and prosperity
Gifted Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation,Kolkata
Poetry
Asia--Ganges River
Epic poetry, Hindi
Ambashanakar Nāgara, 1925-
891.431 / AMB/HO