Ganesha’s Advice to Gautam

On hearing Sage Gautam’s plea, Ganesha proposed a solution. “Can you bring down River Ganga to earth from Shiva’s hair? Then you could be freed from the sin when the holy water touches the dead body of the cow,” Ganesha told Gautam. As Ganesha had befriended all the sages, they too agreed to what Ganesha said. Gautam was advised to do what Ganesha had suggested. Sage Gautam then went to Mount Kailash and started worshipping Shiva. Appeased by Gautam’s devotion, Shiva asked him to state his wish. “O Lord! The earth has been under a bad famine for a long time. It is in need of water of River Ganga. Kindly let the part of the Ganga that is tangled in your hair, descend to earth,” said Gautam. Shiva readily agreed. The rest of River Ganga descended to earth and liberated the sage of his sin. This part of the Ganga that was brought to earth by sage Gautam was called ‘Gautami Ganga’.

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