HARIDWAR
The Gate Way Of Heaven

KUSHAVRATA GHAT

Going further a little distance of half a kilometre down south, you reach Kushavrat Ghat. It is here Dattatreya did penance for thousand years, standing on one leg. On one unfortunate day, Ganga flowed with unusual force, and by accident the Kusa, preserved for rituals by him was washed away  Knowing; the damage done to his sacred object of worship, he grew wild and was about to bum Ganga on the spot itself, beside stopping her further flow. Releasing the disastrous consequences of her absence to crops and humanity, Brahma descended along with other gods and pacified him. Pleased with boons, and the entreaties made by gods, he forgave the offence, but requested them to stay in his hermitage for ever. They agreed, and since then it is called Kushavratha Ghat. This is preferred for pitri-sraddha, and confers merit thousand fold, if offered with due rituals. For astivisarajan also this ghat is very famous, for the primary fact that all gods are present here at one place.

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