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And gods, drawn by the magnetic pull of these icy pinnacles;
majestic meandering of giggling rivers; and lush green, ever blooming exotic
colourful valleys chose these ice-bound mountains for eternal habitation. And at
their holy feet, in the deep recesses, are found these two holy river sources,
to making the ground hallowed, and fit for pilgrimage, and to drink in the
ethereal beauty of Nature with mortal eyes. Though their exact origin is
shrouded in the mysterious past, creative facility has lifted the veil to some
extent over the gorgeous spectacles of sublime mountains, wherefrom these two
have started flowing in streams first, glaciers next, with bumps and jumps over
some area later,
and finally in violent torrents at several places, during the course of their
forward journey. The story of the origin of these two is incidentally
intertwined with the history of the two rivers.
It
is these two - Gangotri and Yamunotri that are feeding the two major rivers,
responsible for irrigating almost the entire ancient Aryavart, by their
life-giving waters, besides of purging the sins of the bathers; it is on the
banks of their off-springs-Ganga and Yamuna, the greatest civilizations sprouted
and flourished; it is their holy waters that were used for anointing the
maharajadhirajas at their coronation ceremonies.
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