Ganges originates in the western Himalayas, the river has great spiritual significance to Hindus, who worship it as the goddess ganga. Its water popularly called gangajal is considered sacred and is used in many religious rituals. A holy dip in ganga river is said to remove the sins of several births. Merging the ashes of the departed in the Ganges water is said to confer them liberation.
Ever wondered why our ancestors plain ignorant when they used gangajal for purifying everything no!. It has been determined that, there is variety of bacteriophage present in water of the Ganges which origin in Himalaya. Bacteriophage are special variety of viruses which have capacity to enter their genetic material in the bacterial body, take control, modify functioning and burst it up, and multiply at the same time. Thus majorly killing almost all the bacterial population in the water. These bacteriophages can not infect humans. Thus, the water of the Ganges considered very pure and purifying.
The above pic depicts the life cycle of bacteriophage. Oval shaped figure is bacteria, and crystal shaped spikey figure is bacteriophage. The ayurvedic, naturopathy's and other supportive medical authorities have authenticated that regular use of this holy water is helpful in keeping the users healthy, robust and strong.
Hence it is our duty to keep ganga and major rivers of India clean without polluting it. Public awareness and government interest is necessary in this concern.
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