Because the Ganges directly touches the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu (Narayana) before descending within this universe, Ganges is known as Bhagavat-Padi which means Emanating from the lotus feet of Bhagavan (God).
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Personified as a goddess (Sanskrit गङ्गा Gaṅgā), it is worshiped by Hindus who believe that bathing in the river causes the remission of sins and facilitates liberation from the cycle of life and death.
The statue is designed such that water, representing Ganga, flows down from the head from a height of about 15 ft providing a cascading effect.
They reply, they are the Ganga (Ganges), Yamuna and other holy rivers of India—revered for their holiness.
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Asher identified further potential political allegories in two figures depicted on one of the two projecting walls, who were female personifications of Gaṅgā and Yamunā, the rivers that flowed through the heartland of the Gupta Empire.