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Mark each statement if it correctly describes a Hindu belief about the sacred powers of the Ganges. A. By bathing in the Ganges, Hindus can cleanse themselves of sin. B. The Ganges River has a divine source.
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Mark each statement if it correctly describes a Hindu belief about the sacred powers of the Ganges. A. By bathing in the Ganges, Hindus can cleanse themselves of sin. B. The Ganges River has a divine source. C. Drinking water from the Ganges River will cause someone to be reborn into a higher caste. D. Scattering a person's ashes on the river is a final act of purification.
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the right ones are A. B. and D.
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The Hindu belief about the sacred powers of the Ganges is that by bathing in the Ganges, Hindus cleanse themselves of sin, it has a divine source and scattering a person's ashes on the river is a final act of purification. So A, B, and D.
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