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Show the UimTu ou I ts bit rlks are many temples and holy places such as lienares, Allahuhad, llardwar and OungotrL According to the legend the Princess Gundu, Hindu goddess of long ago, turned herself into this greut river, that she might enrich and pudfy the country. Devout Hindus batlie themselves In its sacred waters and pray to die beside It It Is their desire that their bodies may be burned upon Its banks and their ashes scattered over Its waters and allowed to float on down to the sea. The length of the main stream of the Ganges Is 1.557 miles, and its every bend Is sacred. Pilgrims walk from Its source and back again, taking sii months or more for the pilgrimage. India's Sacred River The Ganges is the sacred river of |