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Gandhavati and Parashara
Ganga incarnated as Gandhavati, born to a celestial nymph named Adrika. Adrika transformed by a curse into a fish and lived in the Yamuna River as detailed in the Mahabharata, Harivamsa, and Devi Bhagavata Purana.

Parashara Muni (Sage), at the wish of Lord Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva halted for the night in a little hamlet on the banks of the river Yamuna. He put up in the house of the fisherman-chieftain Dusharaj. When dawn broke, the chief asked his daughter, Matsyagandha, whose name means "one with the smell of fish," to ferry the sage to his next destination. Parashara attracted by the beautiful girl while ferrying. He created an island within the river by his mystic potency and asked her to land the boat there. Seeing people on the river's bank, she demurred, at which time the sage created a dense fog that enveloped the entire river.