Meanings
nounGanga jala (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of Gangajal.
After the deities are seated on their respective rathas, the Gajapati Maharaja in case of puri and other state heads in other places sweeps the flores of the three Raths with the sacred Ganga jala and golden broom.
2018 July 23, Dhiren Kumar Sahoo, “Lord Jagannath’s Rathyatra as a Marker of Odia Identity”, in The New Leam, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2020
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