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Rishi Jahnu appears in
the story of Ganga
and Bhagiratha. When
Ganga came to earth
after being released
from lord Shiva's
locks, her
torrential waters
wreaked havoc with Jahnu's fields and
penance. Angered by
this, the great sage
drank up all of
Ganga's waters to
punish her. Seeing
this, the Gods
prayed to the sage
to release Ganga, so
that she could
proceed on her
mission to release
the souls of the
ancestors of
Bhagiratha. Jahnu
relented and he
released Ganga from
his ear. For this,
the Ganga river is
also known as Jahnvi,
Janhavi or Jhanvi,
meaning "daughter of
Jahnu". |
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