Collect Holy Water from Ganges River

DB1st · Sep 2nd, 2009, 14:15

I just talked to my Indian colleague. He said the Ganges River flowed from north to south as the water came from the Himalayas which was north. But he has never been to Varanasi.

So can someone please verify which way it flows?

Thanks!

cityMONK · Sep 2nd, 2009, 17:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by DB1st

I just talked to my Indian colleague. He said the Ganges River flowed from north to south as the water came from the Himalayas which was north. But he has never been to Varanasi.

So can someone please verify which way it flows?

Thanks!

no he was not cent per cent right, at places Ganga flows other way round that is from south to north.GANGA + UTARI = GANGOTARI

nayan · Sep 2nd, 2009, 17:21

It "generally" flows from north west(himalan glacier) to south east(bay of bengal) - as any map will show.

At places, due to the local twists and turns it may flow north/east/west.

DB1st · Sep 17th, 2009, 07:53

We're going to stay near Assi Ghat. So it looks like it is better to collect river water from somewhere much further north (like just south of the railroad) so the water will be less polluted. We plan to have a "ghat" walk starting from the ghat just south of the railroad all the way back to our hotel near Assi Ghat.

Eastern Mind · Sep 17th, 2009, 08:08

I was shopping in an 'Indian import ' store here the other day, and lo and behold, in the puja item section was bottled Ganga water, in those welded shut small copper vessels. So perhaps your colleague could try looking a little closer to home. I'm guessing he doesn't know its available in the west. BTW, I'm in Edmonton, Canada.

DB1st · Oct 13th, 2009, 18:36

We emptied 2 1-liter bottles of water to other water bottles and used them to collect Ganges River water. On the day of our departure, our boatman (whom we had sunrise and sundet-dinner boatrides with 2 nights prior) took us out to the middle of the river at Asi Ghat (practically most upstream for Varanasi), took our bottles, rinsed them and filled them with water for us. We then re-packed them into 3 smaller bottles: gently squeeze the bottle a little bit and cap it (so there is little air and there is room for water to expand in the airplane). We got them home with not a drop of leak! :-) Our Indian colleague is ecstatic!!

Our hotel manager did not advised us to buy already bottled Ganges River water as he claimed it had been "treated".

Gametotravel · Oct 13th, 2009, 19:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by DB1st

We emptied 2 1-liter bottles of water to other water bottles and used them to collect Ganges River water. On the day of our departure, our boatman (whom we had sunrise and sundet-dinner boatrides with 2 nights prior) took us out to the middle of the river at Asi Ghat (practically most upstream for Varanasi), took our bottles, rinsed them and filled them with water for us. We then re-packed them into 3 smaller bottles: gently squeeze the bottle a little bit and cap it (so there is little air and there is room for water to expand in the airplane). We got them home with not a drop of leak! :-) Our Indian colleague is ecstatic!!

Our hotel manager did not advised us to buy already bottled Ganges River water as he claimed it had been "treated".

That is the best way! Now not only will his bad karma be washed ; but yours too! There is a major exercise undertaken by Shiva's devotees every year in shravan month to collect holy water (from haridwar) on foot and take it back to their Shiv temples (without the containers touching the ground along the way)to bathe the ShivLings.

Matthew Morris · Oct 13th, 2009, 19:36

Yeah I still have my small copper container of ganga water, had it for about 13 years now...was planning on waiting until I met a hindu family that could use it and give it to them.

Gametotravel · Oct 13th, 2009, 19:40

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Originally Posted by Matthew Morris

Yeah I still have my small copper container of ganga water, had it for about 13 years now...was planning on waiting until I met a hindu family that could use it and give it to them.

That is also true that the water never gets stale!

suricate · Oct 13th, 2009, 23:44

Some years back, Godrej used to market a soap brand, Ganga,
made with "pure" Ganga water.

Wonder if the water collected by DB1st is pure!

ambermarie · Oct 28th, 2009, 01:01

I filled a small plastic bottle with Ganges water and it now sits proudly on my bookshelf.

I like the way it has separated into layers.

DB1st · Oct 29th, 2009, 06:43

I noticed a little sediment at the bottom of the bottle also.

Oct 13th, 2009, 19:36	#23
Matthew Morris Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 141	Yeah I still have my small copper container of ganga water, had it for about 13 years now...was planning on waiting until I met a hindu family that could use it and give it to them. __________________ I have the wisdom of Buddha combined with the body of Peter Andre - oh...no..it's the other way round..

Oct 13th, 2009, 23:44	#25
suricate Dog's Best Friend Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Blue Planet Posts: 140	Pure Ganga water Some years back, Godrej used to market a soap brand, Ganga, made with "pure" Ganga water. Wonder if the water collected by DB1st is pure!

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Sep 2nd, 2009, 14:15	#16
DB1st Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 38	I just talked to my Indian colleague. He said the Ganges River flowed from north to south as the water came from the Himalayas which was north. But he has never been to Varanasi. So can someone please verify which way it flows? Thanks!

Sep 2nd, 2009, 17:21	#18
nayan Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: hyderabad/tokyo Posts: 1,930	It "generally" flows from north west(himalan glacier) to south east(bay of bengal) - as any map will show. At places, due to the local twists and turns it may flow north/east/west.

Sep 17th, 2009, 07:53	#19
DB1st Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 38	We're going to stay near Assi Ghat. So it looks like it is better to collect river water from somewhere much further north (like just south of the railroad) so the water will be less polluted. We plan to have a "ghat" walk starting from the ghat just south of the railroad all the way back to our hotel near Assi Ghat.

Sep 17th, 2009, 08:08	#20
Eastern Mind Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 431	I was shopping in an 'Indian import ' store here the other day, and lo and behold, in the puja item section was bottled Ganga water, in those welded shut small copper vessels. So perhaps your colleague could try looking a little closer to home. I'm guessing he doesn't know its available in the west. BTW, I'm in Edmonton, Canada.

Oct 13th, 2009, 18:36	#21
DB1st Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 38	We emptied 2 1-liter bottles of water to other water bottles and used them to collect Ganges River water. On the day of our departure, our boatman (whom we had sunrise and sundet-dinner boatrides with 2 nights prior) took us out to the middle of the river at Asi Ghat (practically most upstream for Varanasi), took our bottles, rinsed them and filled them with water for us. We then re-packed them into 3 smaller bottles: gently squeeze the bottle a little bit and cap it (so there is little air and there is room for water to expand in the airplane). We got them home with not a drop of leak! :-) Our Indian colleague is ecstatic!! Our hotel manager did not advised us to buy already bottled Ganges River water as he claimed it had been "treated".

Oct 28th, 2009, 01:01	#26
ambermarie Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jersey Posts: 33	I filled a small plastic bottle with Ganges water and it now sits proudly on my bookshelf. I like the way it has separated into layers.

Oct 29th, 2009, 06:43	#27
DB1st Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 38	I noticed a little sediment at the bottom of the bottle also.