An Anthology of Writings on the Ganga : Goddess and River in History, Culture, and Society

The Gangaalong with the Nile, the Tigris and Euphrates, the Yangtze, and the Danubeis one of the great rivers of our planet. Perceiving the Ganga from three levels material, spiritual, and divinethis anthology reflects on the dialogue and tension between the modern and the traditional, the historic and the mythical, the epic and the everyday, the factual and the fictitious.