People could bathe and erase their sins in it.
The Ganges River
The river Ganges is only used by the Hindus for prayers and ritual bathing as it is considered as a Holy river by the Hindus
Many hindus bathe in it because it is holy to them.
Though the Ganges River in India, is best known in the West, Hindus actually have seven rivers deemed holy places.
The sacred river to the Hindu's is the Ganges River
people go to the river because it is holy
As more Aryans poepled the plains near the great Ganges, they came to consider the river sacred. But according to the tradition, the Ganges has a divine source-it flow from the god Shiva's hair.
according to vedas frm the carnation of ganga(satyug) on earth hindus performing the rituals in this holy river.
In the Indian Language it is called the Ganga River. In America, they call it the Ganges.
because it is sacred and it is like your getting bapitized .
Hindus consider the Ganges as a holy river because they believe that the Ganges had been sent by the god Shankar, because he was pleased by a sage who wanted the region to have water. The river had came from heaven, so if they worship the river it would not dry. They bathe in the river because it is considered to remove all the curses and sins of life.
Ganga is the holiest river of Hinduism. So they must believe that the person is very lucky to die inside Ganga.