Ramkund, the holy bathing spot on the river Godavari in Maharashtra, has
gone dry for the first time in 139 years.
Thousands of pilgrims in Nashik town for a holy dip today to mark Gudi Padwa or the New Year by the Hindu calendar will find mostly puddles of water
The area has become a playground for children who play cricket and football there.
"Pilgrims expected to turn up at Ramkund will not be able to take the holy dip, at least till July-end," Nashik Municipal Corporation's Deputy Mayor Gurmeet Bagga told
Running out of options, the civic body is believed to be considering bore-wells on the river banks to replenish what is the main pilgrimage centre during the Kumbh Mela held in Nashik.
A body of priests, the Purohit Sangh, has appealed to the civic body to arrange water to facilitate basic religious rituals on Friday April 08,2016
Overnight, water tankers were called in and now there is knee-deep water, hardly enough for a dip.
Thousands of pilgrims in Nashik town for a holy dip today to mark Gudi Padwa or the New Year by the Hindu calendar will find mostly puddles of water
The area has become a playground for children who play cricket and football there.
"Pilgrims expected to turn up at Ramkund will not be able to take the holy dip, at least till July-end," Nashik Municipal Corporation's Deputy Mayor Gurmeet Bagga told
Running out of options, the civic body is believed to be considering bore-wells on the river banks to replenish what is the main pilgrimage centre during the Kumbh Mela held in Nashik.
A body of priests, the Purohit Sangh, has appealed to the civic body to arrange water to facilitate basic religious rituals on Friday April 08,2016
Overnight, water tankers were called in and now there is knee-deep water, hardly enough for a dip.
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