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Religion, culture, and water in Nepal
Presented byRupa Devkota 25th January 2006
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Nepal and its people
Hindu:80% Buddhist: 15%Muslim:3%Others:2%
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Hindu religion
Brahma (centre-top) emerges from a lotus flower.Brahma (centre-top) emerges from a lotus flower.Brahma (centre-top) emerges from a lotus flower.
• Many gods • Gods exist in
living beings such as banyan tree, cow, snakes, etc.non-living things such as sun, moon, air, water, fire, stones, etc.
Hindu temple and Banyantree in Bhaktapur, Kathmandu
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Hindu religion and water
• God Shiva made Ganges• Ganges flows from his
head down into the world below.
• It has power to elevate the dead soul towards heaven
God Shiva
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Hindu religion and water
• Water is used in different steps (16) for worshipping god such as
Inviting godWashing feet and
hands of godFor rinsing his
mouthFor bathing god
etc.
People are worshipping in river
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Hindu religion and water
River and cremation of dead bodies
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Hindu religion and waterCremation is generally perceived as the most auspicious funeral practice in Hinduism. The deceased is cremated at holy riverbanks and the corpse is returned to the river as ashes. The ashes immersed into the river will float to Ganges and further on to Varanasi, and the deceased will attain salvation.
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Hindu religion and water
Budhanilakantha: A Hindu god in water
• People offer rice, fruits, colored powder • These things finally go to water
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Water and daily life
People from different places carrying water in different ways according to their culture
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People and water
A women washing cloths
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People and water
• Tube well as water source in low land region
• More people living, poor construction of tube well
• In a case study, arsenic concentration is 2600µg/leven higher than in Bangladesh (highest
1600µg/l)
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People in Himalayas region
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People in mid-land region
Small farms cannot feed the families adequately
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People in low land region
Tharu women fishing in river, Nepal
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Summary
• Nepal has multiethnic groups, multi religions and multi languages• Life-style from the stone age in far west and high hills to the jet age of Kathmandu
• Different ways of utilization of water resources in Hinduism
• Different culture in different places
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