In English
The moment we hear the word , the name of our country, the Himalayas come to our mind. For centuries in the past, the essential and the great principles of Hinduism were symbolised in truth and . These two great principles of truth and are also symbolised in the silvery mountains of the Himalayas. These lofty mountains are the places where great men and great saints have performed their (austerities and sense control). Those mountains appear to us as the symbols of purity attained through truth and through . When we look at those mountains, we get the feeling that those silvery mountains are lost in the meditation of . In those mountains, where the (sages) had performed their , lies the origin of Ganges, the sacred river. Ganges is the flowing symbol of Hinduism. Ganges also symbolises what flows through the blood vessels of our country from its spiritual heart. We have to compare the blood vessels and the arteries of and of its citizens to the flow of the sacred Ganges. The moment we hear the name of Ganges, we are reminded of the two banks thereof on which are the centres of pilgrimage, and on which lie the great places of learning. We visualise, when we think of Ganges, the great spiritual centres like , , , and .