Definitions for "Ganges"
Keywords:  cremated, sacred, hindus, river, india
considered to be a holy river and the best place to scatter the ashes resulting from a cremation; funeral pyres will often be lit on its banks, or even on small rafts, so that the remains of the dead will be carried by the river. Ganges water is also holy, and often used to annoint the forehead of someone who is ill.
The river considered sacred by Hindus.
an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus