Thread on Bhagiratha Prayatnam

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Thread on Bhagiratha Prayatnam 
Ganga Avataram to Earth 

River Ganga is considered most sacred River in our Bharat. Ma Ganga was brought to Earth by King Bhagiratha, thus the name Bhagirathi. Bhagiratha did supreme effort of bringing Ma Ganga from Heaven, thus named Bhagiratha Prayatnam. This story also teach a moral that 

If we take immense effort everything is possible. King Sagara of Suryavamsha started Ashwamedha Yagnam. Horse was released after the yagna which Indra Deva stole & tied at Kapila Maharshi ashram so yagna will not succeed. Sagara ordered his 60000 sons to find & bring back horse. 

Sons searched everywhere & found the horse tied nearby Kapila muni. They thought it was Muni who stole it & went to harm him. Thaposhakthi of Muni turned all the sons into ashes. King Sagara came to know about this & decided to perform Tarpanam for all. 

Garuda adviced to do Jalatarpan only with Ganga Jal. Sagara made efforts to bring Ma Ganga but failed. His grandson Ansuman, his son Dileepa all failed. Dileepa's son was Bhagiratha, who started extreme tapasya for 1000 years to Brahma Deva. Brahma Deva appeared and advised that 

Earth cannot sustain the force of Ganga so pray to Mahadev to hold Ganga. Bhagiratha did Ghora Tapasya, pleased by this Mahadev agreed to hold Ganga. Ma Ganga started flowing from swarg with ahankar that even Shiva can’t withstand her flow. Mahadev didn’t let even 1 drop of Ganga 

Come out of his jata. Bhagiratha again started Tapasya for Shiva. Mahadev agreed to release Ganga to Earth. After falling to earth Ganga was divided into many streams and one followed Bhagiratha, he did Tarpanam & gave Mukthi to all 

Extraordinary effort saved a dynasty







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