Video narration
Agar aap Ganga ke saath sadak-yatra karein, to ek hi nadi pahaadon, shahron aur shraddha-bhare ghaaton ko kaise jodti hai? Himalaya ki talhati se Ganga Uttar Bharat ke maidaanon ki or utarti hai. Rishikesh mein nadi kinare mandir hain, aur rafting jaise romanchak anubhav bhi. Aage Haridwar mein Ganga pahadiyon se nikal kar maidan mein aati hai; shaam ko ghaaton par aarti hoti hai. Deepon aur prarthanaon ke beech, nadi ki dharmik ahmiyat dikhti hai. Prayagraj mein Ganga aur Yamuna milti hain. Aage Varanasi ke purane ghaaton par nadi se jude pooja-paath aur rasmein hain. Lekin ye alag-alag mashhoor padaav bhar nahin. Ganga ka bahaav inhen, inki paramparaon aur rozmarra ki zindagi ko jodta hai. Kinaare base logon ke liye nadi paani, kheti aur aajeevika ka sahaara bhi hai. Ganga inhen jodti hai, kyunki badalte bhoo-drishyon se bahte hue vah paani ke saath gehra saanskritik arth bhi lekar chalti hai.