Anirudhe Mukharjee

Idol immersion activities and their management in water bodies in India - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)

This paper discusses the programme that was initiated to shift the venue of immersion of Hindu idols in the city of Bhopal.

Posted on 13 Feb, 2011 11:07 PM

This paper begins with an analysis of the rationale for idol immersion in Hinduism. Some of the reasons given by the author include water being able to disintegrate idols, the idea of purity of water etc.

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