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i read somewhere, that the rise of shaivism over vedism could have been due to the extinction of the sraswathi river.

 

First off, Vedism here is referring to the nature worshiping aspect of Hinduism, as opposed to Shavisim, worshipping the spiritual and mental aspect through Shiva.

 

Indra is associated with the Saraswathi River in the Rg Veda and the Saraswathi was known to be the most important. Wehn it dried up, this could have been the start of the decline of Indra worship and nature worship in general.

 

The shift of river worship changed from the Saraswathi (and Indra) to the Ganga. Ganga now becomes the most sacred river and the lord of the Ganga, Shiva becomes the more worshipped god.

 

Does this make sense? anyone agree? disagree? evidence?

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i could, i forgot the article from which i read it from. i too had never heard of this before. but it does make some sense.

 

From the Rg Veda, is it true that Indra is the principal deity of the Saraswathi River?

 

I do believe Shiva is the god of the Ganga. And it does make sense how one switches to the other and the other now becomes more popular

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