Dharma Katha · Season 1: Pitru Paksha · Episode 9

The river of heaven fell from the sky, and she was furious. Not with the earth. Not with the king who had called her. She fell in a rage of pride, with a single thought in her mind: I will sweep away the god who dares to stand in my way. She hit his head.

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Source note. Label: scripture. This story is from the Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda, sarga forty-three and forty-four. The details of Ganga's pride and Shiva holding her in his hair, the second penance, Shiva releasing her toward Bindu Lake, the seven streams and their names, the Jahnu episode and the name Jahnavi, the ashes of Sagara's sons flooded with the water so that the sons reach heaven, Brahma's words that Ganga will be Bhagiratha's eldest daughter ...