For Hindus, the Ganga river is the most sacred body of water in the world with sacred pilgrimage sites and cities along its banks. People from the entire globe travel to Haridwar, which is known to be one of the holiest places in India just so that they can take a dip in the holy waters of Ganga.?
However, an elderly woman went the extra mile and did something even youngsters will think twice about. This 70-year-old woman jumped into the Ganga river from the Haridwar bridge - which is at a considerable height.?
The video of the entire stunt has been surfacing on social media. In the clip, the elderly woman can be seen?crossing over the fence of the area she was standing in and then jumping into the river.?
Even though the long jump made our hearts skip a beat, it wasn't bad for the woman. Fortunately, she had a perfect landing in the river and comfortably swam to reach where everyone was.?
The people surrounding her who watched her make the leap could be heard cheering for her in the background.
The video was shared on Twitter by a user named Ashok Basoya. The caption along with the clip read, "Elderly woman, who jumped into the Ganges river from the bridge of Harki Paidi, is seen in the video swimming comfortably after jumping into the Ganges from the bridge. The age of the elderly woman is said to be around 70 years old."
The video had left people quite amused. They bombarded the post with some nice reactions. One of them wrote, "Woww." Another said, "This is incredible." "Amma is fearless," wrote another user. While a section of social media users said that this stunt could have been dangerous and the elderly woman should have been careful.
?
?
?
?? ?
For this elderly woman, jumping into the river might be a leisure activity but for some, it is a matter of life and death. Recently, two lovers, who were married to different people, decided to put an end to their misery by planning to jump together into the Yamuna river.?
They fixed a date and time to jump into the river Yamuna and die by suicide. However, one of them decided to back out at the last minute. The woman jumped into the river as planned but the man panicked at the last minute and decided not to take his own life. The woman, shocked at her partner's 'betrayal', swam out of the river. She then lodged an FIR against the man who betrayed her.?
Follow us on?telegram.?