Sri Yamuna Devi
The rivers Ganga and Yamuna along with the now dried Saraswati, are the most sacred rivers in all of India. The Yamuna, according to the legends, is the daughter of the Sun God, Surya and the sister of Yama, the God of Death. The Goddess is believed to have come down from the heavens to sanctify the world. As she first came to rest on the peaks of the mountain Kalinda (in the Himalayas), she is also referred to as Kalindini. According to ancient beliefs it is said that those who take a dip in the holy waters of the river will not fear death.A bath in Yamuna river is said to be one hundred times more purifying than a bath in the Ganges, because the Ganges was once touched by the feet of Lord Vishnu, it was the Yamuna where Lord Krishna Himself played and swam with His cowherd boyfriends and with the beautiful gopi damsels of Vraja.
