The great here who brought down the Ganga from the heaven to the earth. Bhagiratha has become another name for a will of steel that never accepts defeat.

There is a very popular song in Kannada:

"Descend, O Mother, descend,

From the tresses of Lord Shiva,

From under the feet of Lord Vishnu,

Come gliding down to the Earth..."

The eminent Kannada poet Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre wrote this song, ‘Gangavatarana’. Th word 'Gangavatarana' means 'Th Descent of Gangavatarana Ganga was formed in Heaven and then came down to the Earth - to Bharat. Then there was plentiful crop. Life and civilization prospered People became cultured. Nothing is holier than the Ganga in this world.