Haridwar. In Kalyug, Maa Ganga has been called Mokshadayini and Paap Naashini. The importance of Ganga has been mentioned the most in religious texts, Vedas, scriptures and Puranas. The Vedas and Puranas have the same opinion about Maa Ganga that in Kalyug, Maa Ganga will end all sins and provide Moksha.

The pilgrimage city Haridwar is world famous for attaining Moksha. On religious festivals, lakhs of devotees come to Haridwar from different states of the country to take a bath in Ganga. According to religious texts, bathing in Ganga on Hindu festivals gives many times the result of that work and attains Moksha.

The importance of Haridwar is associated with Lord Shiva and Brahma

In ancient times, drops of Amrit fell in Haridwar from the Samudra Manthan between the Gods and the Asuras and the Amrit Kalash that came out of it. Therefore, the importance of Maa Ganga increases more in Haridwar. According to religious texts, scriptures, Vedas and Puranas, Maa Ganga descended on earth to give salvation to Sagar's 60 thousand sons. Therefore, even today people attain virtue by taking a dip of faith in the Ganga to attain salvation. The ancient name of Haridwar is Hardwar (Bholenath's gate), Mayapuri, Ganga Dwar. Haridwar is Lord Shiva's in-laws' place. Haridwar also has the place of penance of Lord Brahma, where he did penance for thousands of millions of years. In the whole world, bathing in the Ganges at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar is said to be of the greatest importance.

Ganga bathing in Haridwar has special significance

Regarding the importance of bathing in the Ganges on Pitru Visarjan Amavasya and solar eclipse on October 2 in the year 2024, Haridwar's learned astrologer Pandit Shridhar Shastri told Local 18 that the second and last solar eclipse will occur on the day of Pitru Visarjan Amavasya. After taking a bath in the Ganges on Pitru Visarjan Amavasya, if any religious work like Shraddha Karma, Tarpan, Pinddaan, rituals etc. is done for the ancestors, then its full benefits are multiplied. Also, the negative effect of eclipse also ends. According to religious texts, if one takes a dip in the Ganges with faith to provide salvation to the ancestors, then the ancestors go to their world after being satisfied and bless their descendants with happiness and prosperity and growth of the lineage. On this day, after performing Shraddha Karma, Tarpan etc. of the ancestors with rituals, they are bid farewell.

Mother Ganga provides salvation to ancestors

Astrologer Pandit Shridhar Shastri told that Mother Ganga descended on earth to give salvation to humans. A story is described in the Vedas and Puranas about the descent of Mother Ganga on earth. In ancient times, Mother Ganga had saved and given salvation to 60 thousand sons of King Sagar. Similarly, Mother Ganga will give salvation to your ancestors on Pitru Visarjan Amavasya, due to which your ancestors will be happy and give you auspicious results. If a person is suffering from Pitru Dosh or someone's ancestors have not been able to move or someone's ancestors are wandering in the ghost world, then take a bath in the Ganga and perform the Shraddha Karma of the ancestors according to the method of the scriptures. This gives peace to the ancestors and Mother Ganga gives them salvation. The astrologer told that Mother Ganga has the highest importance in the pilgrimage city of Haridwar. Therefore, there is a lot of importance of bathing in the Ganga in Haridwar on the day of Pitru Visarjan Amavasya and offering Jalanjali to the ancestors.

Taking a bath in the Ganga on the day of eclipse will eliminate negative effects

Astrologer Pandit Shridhar Shastri told that according to astrology, taking a bath in the Ganga on a solar eclipse eliminates its negative effects. On October 2, the second and last solar eclipse of the year 2024 will take place. According to science, this solar eclipse will not be visible in the country. According to astrology, the negative effect of solar eclipse falls on all the people of the world. There is a religious belief that if one takes a bath in the Ganges while chanting Ganga mantras on this day, the negative effects of the eclipse will be completely eliminated.