the place where the Gangā river originates; the source of Gangā' river.

(myth.) a place in the Himalayan region, where the celestial stream was bound by Śiva in the mass of his hair.

Śiva, who is holding in the mass of his hair, the holy Gangāstream.

ಆಗಭೋಗಕ್ಕೆಲ್ಲಾ ರಂಗಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಸತ್ಯಪ್ರಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆಲ್ಲಾ ಗಂಗಾಧರ āgabhōgakkellā rangasvāmi, satya pramāṇakkelāgangādhara (prov.) while one is designated for labour, the other for enjoyment.

a ray of red or golden-red light (as of the rising sun).

= ಕೊಂಗನಾಡು.

the (rising) sun whose rays are red or golden red.

the lustre of the eye.

= ಗಂಗಾನದಿ.