The Water Cult and Conservation in India

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Title

Indigenous and Local Water Knowledge, Values and Practices

Abstract

Water has been one of the fundamental conditions for the growth of life on the planet earth. Growth of human civilization went hand in hand negotiating and forming the water cultures in sync with religious orders across the globe. The Indian sub-continent has also seen the growth of different cultures and way of life across the banks of rivers and water bodies. These were embedded in socio-religions and cultural system. All this had unbroken tradition till the arrival of modern technologies and water harvesting systems. The uncontrolled expansion of technology-intensive planning bereft the cities and villages of traditional water systems, which were the result of centuries-old human-nature negotiations. Slowly, on the name of economic expansion, both rural and urban areas have started overpowering the water culture’s body-soul relationship, i.e., separating culture from the water.

First Page

307

Last Page

315

DOI

10.1007/978-981-19-9406-7_18

Publication Date

1-1-2023

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