&quot;Hindus revere the Ganges as a god. They believe she came down from heaven to cleanse the Earth, and that bathing in her waters can wash away a person’s sins.&quot;<p>What a bunch of bullshit by some random westerner who does not understand jack shit.<p>It is quite common knowledge that in the divine sense of Ganga, she originates from the dreadlocks of Lord Shiva and thus is a manifestation of purity in some sense. Mount Kailash is generally understood as the abode of The Destroyer (of evil).<p>Do write about the pathetic state in which the river is in. That is being factual. Don&#x27;t bring in the religious angle. That is just stepping into territory that is very difficult to grasp from a western perspective.