Hindus purify themselves by bathing in the river Ganges.

印度教徒在恒河中浸泡借以涤罪。

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In India the dying make pilgrimages to sacred sites, such as Varanasi, to be cremated and released into the River Ganges, India's holiest waterway.

在印度，易篑之人去诸如瓦拉纳西的圣地朝圣，以求火葬之后将骨灰撒入恒河之中。

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Ramesh says India has undertaken a 10-year program to ensure no untreated industrial effluent or urban sewage is released into the country's main river, the Ganges.

环境部长拉梅什说，印度正展开一个10年的项目，用来保证未经处理的工业废水和城市污水不能流入印度主要河流恒河。

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He wanted to go all the way to the Ganges River, but his army forced him to turn back.

他还想继续向恒河进军，但是他的军队迫使他返回波斯。

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So the River Ganges appeared here in Mandakini's form - a tributary of Ganga.

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Situated on the banks of the Ganges River, Varanasi (formerly Benares) is visited by millions of Hindu pilgrims each year, most coming to cremate a deceased loved one and bathe themselves in the river's horrifically polluted but extremely holy waters.

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Yesterday morning, as per Hindu custom, the ashes from her cremated body were scattered in the Ganges River.

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