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Meaning & History
It is a male given name which means "The son of the Ganga". The Ganga is another name for the Ganges river that runs through India. In Hinduism the Ganges is believed to be a holy, sacred river, the embodiment of the goddess Ganga. In the context of Hinduism it is a river that can cleanse even the most heinous sinners and save the most virulent blasphemers.