Why do we call Milky Way galaxy as Akash Ganga
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Milky Way galaxy is often known as Akash Ganga in Hindi. This is because at the clear night, the entire galaxy looks like a white and wide river especially like River Ganga. This river shaped being in the sky is named as Akash which means sky. This is why it is called as Akash Ganga.
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Since, the milky way galaxy appeared like white glowing river in the sky on a clear night,Indians named it "Akash Ganga" [meaning of akash "sky" and they compared the milky way with the Ganga river (i.e one of the sacred river in India) resulting in the word "Ganga".
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