Why these rivers are considered sacred ?

Why these rivers are considered sacred ?

While watching tv, one sees an advt by tata docomo calling upon its consumers to keep sending more data - continue " bhalai ki supply ".

Had never thought that companies would stoop so low to boost their revenues. Ideally, they should have advised judicious use of internet.

But then advertisers usually show what is essentially not good to do, unworthy of emulating, like speeding and doing stunts on the bikes,

However, the catchword in tata docomo advt, "bhalai ki supply", reminds me of an encounter with one gentleman, who was dismissive of the holy status accorded to the rivers like Ganga, Godavari, etc.. Naturally, I tried my best to convince him but he would have none of it.

Somehow, not being happy with his stubborn insistence on his point of view, (though I too did the same thing - insisted on my viewpoint), and I was constantly looking for a convincing argument to support my view, and it is then that the idea came up in my mind and it clicked.

I showed him the origin point of River Godavari (Triambak near Nasik in Mahashtra) (showed him picture atlas of old times - no internet yet) and showed him the entire curvacious route followed by the great river till it meets the ocean - almost 1500 kms away from its birth place.

Then I also showed him a couple of rivers originating in the same ghats - near Triambak - (did not know the names then - thanks to google, now I know that at least one of them is named Vaitarana ) and how these rivers travel just a few kms and fall promptly in the nearest bay. 

Eventually, he felt it is nice to be in awe of mighty rivers, to appreciate the natures' beauty, and to feel happy about the natures' bounty.

Friends, as I had told him then, I feel that the people worship the rivers like Ganga for the basic reason that the water the rivers bring is so essential for life. Also, it is seen that all such rivers take pains to cover a larger part of the land mass to complete its travel instead of taking the shortest available escape route to ocean. Thus, somehow it appears that these rivers, that are considered sacred, are like philanthropic individuals, and deliberately, purposefully, take pains to bestow their largesse on the populace of wider geographical area.

We may say that like the catchphrase of tata docomo advt, these sacred rivers are perennially continuing with eternal "bhalai ki supply".