 The term Taj Mahal is a corrupt form of the Sanskrit term TejoMahalay signifying a Shiva Temple. Agreshwar Mahadev i.e., The Lord of Agra was consecrated in it.
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MOUNTAIN KING HIMAVAT is belived to be the father of RIVER GANGA.
Himavat (himavant-) is the Hindu God of snow, a personification of the Himalayan mountains. Himavat fathered the more prominent Parvati and Ganga, wife of Shiva and river goddess respectively. He is bethrothed to Mena, a nymph.
Personified as a goddess, Ganga is the eldest daughter of Himavat and Mena.
River Parvati. Sati was reborn as Parvati, the daughter of the mountain king Himavat
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River Ganga. Ganga is also called Haimavati
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River Parvati was the daughter of god Himavat, king of the Himalayas. Consort of the great god Shiva whose paradise was on Mount Kailas (Mount Meru), Parvati was an aspect of the great mother goddess Devi. Her sister, Ganga, was the goddess of the sacred Ganges River, a river that had its source in the Himalayas and was said to flow through Shiva's hair.
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The mighty river Ganga is believed to be the daughter of the mountain king ,Himavat.
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