so he worshipped shiva and shiva said, "okay." now shiva resides in the himalayas mountains, in the mountains which are very high. so he goes and prays to shiva. shiva said, "okay," because the meaning of shiva is one who brings blessings or good to others." so he said, "okay. if that helps you, i will do that. i will follow it, the weight of the ganges coming from the heavens." so he is standing on the himalayas, and the ganges comes down, and the ganges is very proud. then bhagirath says, "i want to show shiva how could i really bare my weight. he's going to be crushed by me; he's going to be swept away by me." and shiva, who had third eye - there is also a concept of the third eye - he can see things very clearly, can see mental vision. so he knows what is going on in the mind of ganga. so he's there and ganga comes down forcefully, and he locks the ganges in his hair, and his hair keeps on spreading on the himalayas. and the ganges gets lost - she has a hard time to find her way, and for one year, she is entangled in the hair