The Ganges: How India's Most Sacred River Is Under Threat From Pollution
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2021
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It is so holy that it will bring you to heaven early
Only if you drink it
😂🤣😂😂😂🤣
Hoyy bad😂😂
Brilliant comment 👏👏
And smelly too 🤣🤣
Hindus in this comment trying to defend the pollution. Come on people, virus and bacteria won't spare your faith. First teach your folks about sanitation and hygiene. No one is stopping you from worshiping Ganga. Just clean it up and don't be dirty.
It’s much more complicated than that. Only the lowest castes (Hindus say it doesn’t exist but does) are allowed to touch trash on the ground. Hindus throw their trash so the Dalit can clean up after which they try to do every night in cities but there is just too much trash. Fundamental changes need to be taught. India has a wonderful recycle program that the rest of the world should take sight of. Recycling affords millions of poor to work and be paid.
I have faith in the Indian people to work on this problem in the years to come. They are a very spiritual people and love their land. The hard part is going to be to teach the country side people. I am a North America citizen and I love India. My favorite country In The World. You got this my Indian brothers and sisters!! Unity to India!
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@@Spaghetti_policy
Don't speak on topics which u don't know ..... Black people in america are subjugated to atrocities by police and white superimacist sociopaths .... First clean ur home before giving free advice ..... Caste in india was a working system and specific work was done by specific people ....
@@jeet4605 Are you for real ?
@@jeet4605 have you been drinking Ganga river water???
the bodies are gifts to mother ganges and what is you're problem
"The goddess Ganga river is ancient and sacred." Bends over and takes massive dump in river.
That's how they treat their gods and goddesses 😂
🤣🤣🤣
It has to do with this idea that poo is impure and shouldn’t be anywhere near your home. This is why street and river pooping is done, at least from what I’ve been told. There is a whole caste of people who have historically been tasked with cleaning public poo. Britain really pushed this idea when India was a colony.
I could never figure out how a river such as the Ganges, which is sacred to Hindus, could be become so grotesquely polluted...You'd think if would be an act of faith to maintain it in a good and healthy condition....
It's actually hindus themselves who are making Ganges polluted, you know what they through their corpses in that river instead of burying or cremating corpses and even if cremated they through the remains after cremation into the river........
Its their nature to be filthy.
They live in squalor. It's how they thrive now.
Greed of globalism, pollution is the competitive advantage.
Send the Japanese in DROVES to Japan to clean it up
The Ganges river at Varanasi is the most polluted place I have ever seen. The water was black in colour with people bathing in sewerage with dead animal remains floating past. Also human remains being pushed into the river after being burnt on the wood fires. the scene has never left my mind. It was like a scene out of some horror movie.
Whole CORPSES also float by. AND get eaten by packs of scary dogs! It's horrible.
@@princesinghx nice joke sanghi
@@princesinghx aur kesa lag raha hai angrezo s bezzati karva k...
Could not get any worse. It is a discrace to humanity. @@princesinghx
@Daniel Piotrowicz they are starving 😫 😩 😭
"This river is Holy. Let's do everything we can to destroy it."
This is old documentary, things have changed now ganga is much cleaner than before due to number of sewage treatment plants constructed in the banks of river and its banned to dispose off rubbish in ganga ghats. Now ganga ghats are beautified with more new construction and in some parts, old illegal constructions are demolished to make more spacious and tourist friendly
@@vsr3777 wrong, they are indeed the one to pollute it the most "unknowingly"
@@1megavideoschannel stop spamming and spreading nonsense
@@1megavideoschannel source?
@@vsr3777 indeed the industrial waste does impact the most infact during the pandemic which led to shutdown of most of it actually significantly cleared the water (it's temporary tho).
I can only imagine how beautiful it must have been before these traditions started..
What inspired the love that lead to it's ruin..
Religion.
It was predicted by the supreme person, Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita.. "there will be unwanted(overpopulation) on the level of dogs and monkeys" , this is Kali yuga the final age, and we're almost at the end of it, when all human virtue/religiosity/good qualities will go to absolute zero. Then all of humanity will be wiped out, so the yuga cycles can start again.
When God had the king to dunk in the river to cure his leprosy, 7 times i think.....then people started making up storyd cause peop;e like fantasy and then they started worshiping it and further polluting
@@foxmulder7616 Only happens in india! Wherever idol worshipper go filth
It's not so much stupidity, as it is ignorance. Kinda like DUMBOcrats in the U.S. Just plain old ignorance, and they don't even have a clue, or suspect anything's wrong. Go figure, huh ?
I visited the Ganges when on holiday back in 2003 and 2004. For a river that is classified as sacred in Hinduism, I found a completely opposite waterway. I went down to the river's edge - the water was a dark grey colour with all sorts of bits and pieces floating on the surface. But most of all it was absoluetly stinking. And yet there were many Hindus bathing and washing themsleves in this toxic river. Unbelievable!
Education ....not religion is suppose to push to this people....for the sake of their future generation...I am not...degrading or insulting any Hindus...that's the only matter to do...education is the only survival....I am not, well educated.,..just sharing my thought.
Japan treated river as a river = Well Cleaned and Maintained
India treated river as a holy = Polluted and neglected
@CZcamsrs fan And dj too china is one of the cleaniest country dude if not the cleanest
all because of western capitalism and industries
@CZcamsrs fan And dj too Well they had enough money and wealth to prosper themselves thanks to western imperialism and colonialism they became poor. India was one of the largest economies of the world
Don't underestimate Indian power. India superpower jai hind 🇮🇳💪🏿🇮🇳
@CZcamsrs fan And dj too indonesia is not that dirty actually we far cleaner than india lol
Ganges, where you can bathe and end up dirtier than before you got in.
they still living in stone age
what to do
😂😂😂 ignorance 🙄
This is old documentary, things have changed now ganga is much cleaner than before due to number of sewage treatment plants constructed in the banks of river and its banned to dispose off rubbish in ganga ghats. Now ganga ghats are beautified with more new construction and in some parts, old illegal constructions are demolished to make more spacious and tourist friendly
Indian ppl mindset think swimming in ganges river can boost immunity system&health and batteria in food to them is more healthy than harmful
The dissolved oxygen level upstream in river Ganga is 8.9 mg per litre while in the downstream it is 8.3 mg per litre. This clearly shows that water quality has improved significantly and is optimal for bathing."There has been 40-50 percent improvement in the quality of water in Ganga," Dr. PK Mishra, Professor at Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT-BHU told ANI. the real-time water monitoring data of the CPCB, showed that out of the 36 monitoring units placed at various points of the Ganga river, the water quality around 27 points was suitable for bathing and propagation of wildlife and fisheries. Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari said 70 to 80 per cent of the Ganga will be cleaned by the end of March 2020. Nearly Rs 26,000 crore are being spent on cleaning up the holy river that’s highly polluted earlier
Tbh there’s no amount of money in the planet that would get me to make any type of contact with that water
Indians are a real peace of work
Piece*
I am of Indian origin and it really upsets me when I see this lack of respect for for a life giving river.labelling the river holy and at the same time throwing all your garbage in there does not make any sense.
So true, just take a look at all the rivers of Indonesia and Philippines are dumping grounds for garbage, especially plastic. The native animals are killed and the plastic flows into the ocean where sea creatures consume the plastic. Beaches are covered in plastic bottles etc and the useless local governments( mostly corrupt) do nothing. The population doesn't what pay for the cleanup, only believing that saying a prayer and the problem will disappear.
that's what religion is. most of people use it only when it gave them advantage. when it disadvantage them, they just shrugg it off
@@daintree98 Then we must purge these corrupt government
@@keselekbakiak Yes my love, I have a religion to follow but i got education so that i don't follow them blindly
@CZcamsrs fan And dj too shut the g up Dude do you really have the right to disrespect a religion
I don't want to be judgemental but i fail to understand how a people should worship or revere something then pour all the filth and stinking poisonous sludge of their existence on it. That dead fish washed on the shore of the river is glim and spine chilling representation of the humans fate in the next decades if the stupidity and capitalistic greed that allow industrial effluents into such a beautiful ecosystem is not stopped.
i'am hindu and i'am loves ganges
@@saxysurajkumar9394 no one becomes religious by speaking
don't show your fake id here
@@lavish4094 you're are fake
Faith is the problem... too many gods, too much excuses... No fuc*ing focus on the problems... BUT HEY
People do NOT pour nay dirt of the river themselves. The river is polluted because of the sewage infrastructure built by a corrupt government. All of the industrial waste and sewage channels mix into the river. This cause 99% of the pollution. For decades, us people have pleaded the governments to clean up the holy river. Finally, the government is setting up 100s of sewage treatment plants in the cities through which the river passes. If unfiltered sewage is prevented from entering the river, it becomes pure.
Would they still bathe in the Ganges in 2035, when the glacier is gone and all what’s flowing in it is 1 million litres per second of raw sewage?
Yes they will. They don't care if the water is actually pure.
India seriously has a lack of hygiene problem. It’s only been around 10 years when the government installed new toilets because there was a lack of them. Indians invented toilet and don’t have it themselves lol. You bet for sure in many years time they would still use this river
When You Need a Bath After Taking a Bath 😂😂
The people should have kept the river clean too, considering its holiness
Hi Sugar 😍
My TOILET is more HOLY than this river.
@@rednecksteve8941 did you drink it. How can you justify
Very true.
But how are they supposed to do that? When they don't have plumbing in their homes, and no access to clean drinking water.
They can't just change their lives in an instant. It takes money. Money they don't have. And no other sources of clean drinking water.
Ugh, soo many dumb comments. I don't know how some people graduated grade school..🤔
@umax umax yes, it’s more Holy and cleaner than the Ganges river.
I’m most impressed by the guy who took and pasted 8 photos together to make an old school panorama of the Himalayas.
indeed its amazing.
Don't underestimate Indian power. India superpower jai hind 🇮🇳💪🏿🇮🇳
@@hoy2594 Where are your toilets balpreet? The photos are impressive but let us be honest and admit that most of india has no plumbing
@@AnthroGuitarist let's be honest even first world countries our sewage system pumps into rivers and out to the sea. Yes some go to sewage treatment plants, but minority is pumped out to sea or into rivers
@@jordan-liah3090 Yes fair enough but that is currently the best system in the world so far. There are so many people that unfortunately there is a lot of careless waste even with massive infrastructure
Ganges is the mother river of India. Who is treating their mother like this?
Hindus
I would not let my dog bathe in there
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why do u look like a silly annoying teacher
@@brownsingh2724 i know right?
@@brownsingh2724 you sound like you need a teacher in your life
Gnaga ji is clean now
I don’t understand how there are soooo many genius Indian doctors and engineers etc. came to the states from India yet their county is THIS behind in civilization
Hindus dont feel the need to do something for their homecountry they are extremely greedy. Also hindus dont like helping eachother. Its sad but true
You're summarising India from this single video? To be fair, you're likely a yank, so it makes sense.
@@justanaverageguy4739 Education is the answer in any country. Religion does its best to keep the people ignorant and left behind.
I am also blown away about that. The entire infrastructure needs ICU
First learn about India and then post your questions
Not only Ganga but almost all Indian rivers are in similar condition.
Why? All rivers are holy?
@@amberlight5830 nothing holy about some polluted rivers lol
It looks like brown muddy water in every shot 💀 How people can dip their children in willingly is beyond me.
Because holy holy 😂
Someone needs to study the immune system of these people 👀.
Seems like you're on to something there 🤔
the immune system of those people ıs preventing them from getting knowledge.
@@yusufbych6308 They might be blessed with no money and brain for a more advanced and stronger immune system but are still dying from covid. Does that make sense
@@Sam123QU29 we all got brains but they got it in between they legs
Covid 19 is rapid in India.
There are A LOT of countries that make me think "thank God I'm not from there", and India is definitely at the top of that list.
then where you are from ??
Yea
@@ikkzz1 Somewhere, where people know Jesus i pray, and you as well friend. Jesus alone has the power to cleanse our sins, this river should make that obvious.
Same ,lol
#1 is North Korea for me
I feel like india has the worst water system in the world. They really need to fix this water is life
The place where i live in india we drink pure underground water .
I find it so fascinating that so many can't even begin to comprehend the fact that we could have been born anywhere, at any place in time. That's what's astonishing to me.
No matter where you are : Cleanliness is Next to Godliness ! 🙏
Love your statement ❤
Yes. It also starts to make sense that people’s religious beliefs tend to reflect their geographical location. It’s impossible for me to believe that any religion is real based on this fact alone.
@@ericthomas2388 quite frankly, I believe we're living in a hologram inside a holograph. beings of pure energy (light) being pushed and pulled and sucked this way n that as we inch ever so nearer to some far off event horizon, and this struggle is what creates consciousness, and why we experience such thing's as the duality of mankind and the human condition
@@hendythehalfwit. You just blew my mind.
“When you believe in things you don’t understand, you suffer.” Stevie Wonder
That is FAITH for you. And why I'm an agnostic. NO JUDGING! By definition, I am open to every idea, I just need to be convinced. I'm a Canadian and it's ALLOWED here. It's even probably the main "religious" outlook of most of us by now. TOTALLY separating religion from politics is one of the BEST gifts we gave ourselves.
A politician that would use GOD in a speech would be treated like a zealot freak here.
We act DECENT, we don't act CHRISTIAN. That would be REALLY insulting to the hundreds of other religions in my country.
@@TheJimprez from an other Canadian I completely agree with you.
@Asherah 1147 You’re talking MUMBO JUMBO! The beauty of good lyrics is that they convey MULTIPLE levels of meaning - this is one...
"There is superstition, nothing more to say"
Hahahaha so true
There is no way I will take a bath on that river!
dont act silly. i get covid i drink ganga water and then i get fine.
there are smells in India that date back before the pyramids.
we indians take bath in that river everyday, its normal and helthy. dis video is propaganda spreaded by pakisten to defame india and hinduism
Only fact is that , how these documentary maker present it , though Ganga would be clean , but for their hatred of other religion like Hinduism , they will present it in such a way that Indians should feel shame on their culture , but now we would not listen you , because we know that you all are trying to vanish Hinduism since two centuries but you failed to that , these documentary makers will go only in a specific place where river is impure , and ignore 99 percent of pure places
@@dole2355 mate the guys from America not Pakistan😂and even tho I’m British Pakistan is better then India
24:53 That’s the saddest looking dog ever 😢 I have more empathy for that dog than the entire country
And 42:57 :(
😭
Sounds like a typical caucasians mindset😂😂
The dog even bathes in the river.
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Once I was in Haridwar. At the side of the Ganges I ordered a lemon soda. When the drink arrived in a glass it looked peculiar. Nevertheless I drank half of it, concluding the taste was not so good. And what I noticed too late was that the soda was in fact Ganges water, what the establishment took with bucket from the Ganges. I failed to put my fingers in my throat to my great regret. After this I had diarrhea, vomited and had fever for 10 days. With lots of trouble (weakness and fever) I managed to travel on to RIshikesh, where I received help from another traveler and where I stayed for a few days and consulted an Ayurvedic doctor. Than traveled to Mussouri, where they made kitchari (rice and mung beans cooked in dahi) for me to keep some strenght. OMG how sick was I. Another life lesson learned.
@Rose Maguire Please don't go for bottled water! The pollution by the bottles is tremendous. Carry your own bottle and fill it with filtered water. Today in India every hotel and guesthouse can provide you with filtered water. In the Himalayas springwater is also to be found. I live in Kashmir and I go to collect springwater; if that's not possible I "make" my own filtered water. Apart from this, as mentioned, I ordered sodawater and instead that place added Ganges water without my knowledge. So beware, this can happen in India. Incredible ndia.
Mung beans in dahi sounds appetizing
@@cedricliggins7528 In fact it was, however I felt no hunger, but had to eat to keep my strength. Yet I was grateful for the kitchari, for it was energising and that was just what I needed.
I'm confused - how could you have drank half of it, without noticing it didn't taste at all like lemon?
@nl3gq There was lemon in it, but the water was Ganges water and not soda. In India the most peculiar things happen, you cannot always be totally alert if you don't know what to expect. That's also the challenge of India. If you tell something about India the opposite is also true. For Indian Hindus Ganges water is sacret despite the fact that the Ganges is among the most polluted rivers on earth. At Haridwar the Ganges looks quite clear (unlike in Benares), so that's why I saw too late that it was that water that was in my glass.
That’s why India have craziest and unusual child born mutations. I keep gagging and about to throw up seeing that river.
The river has helped us with many mineral deficiencies, such as children consuming the water which makes them gain iron to make their brain work properly then, which increases chances to for instance growing up to the call centers and increasing our large trillion dollar-economy as a revenge on the non-indians.
The water turns you into a zombie, drink it and bathe in it to feel like out of this world.
Fake accouts have fake logic, santa must have hit his clause on the head so evey things looks dirty there after
@@mr.barpipshiksheek1607 that's ok I believe you and I'm glad its better now and well look after the river....you have beautiful country anyways....I'm from Canada by the way.
@@1megavideoschannel lol as if you are any better?
What a disgrace. What a waste. Shame on the gov’t. The people must come together and show the river the respect it deserves. It could be so beautiful.
its 20 years old video 😂😂
Shame on the Government????? It's not the government, it's the PEOPLE!!! Come on now!!! The people have come together, and they have destroyed it!!!!!
This video was made 35 years ago
I studied in Varanasi in the 80's from West Indies
There's so much of greatness in every aspect of Indian culture, science and ancient civilization yet such blind beliefs from it
India is a land of extremes
Religion, traditions, science culture , and modern thinking
I can't yet grasp why so many Indians are stuck in the same old , same old lifestyle
The past and present are contradictions with each other
These same strengths and the very same weaknesses
India is full of complexities , contradictions , sometimes exactly what's enslave them
They're in conflict with themselves, an east vs west mentality
Some of these very religious, cultural and traditions must be evaluated and trashed out , some must be changed
Example, religious practices on rivers , hygiene and science , ancient religious beliefs should be questioned and rationalized with modern day facts , such blind beliefs and coming to terms with the past and present, and not let religion influence their politics so much
The world is a global village, we much change to keep up with world yet keep one's identity
Some of these ancient practices are keeping India back from progressing by universal standards
The filthy practices must change especially affecting their rivers
"The holy river is not pure"
The over population , bad politics, many religious practices and survival of the masses in modern times are cancerous to India , a once great civilization .
Jai Hind
it is no diffreint to the rest of the world
so true
@@timothywait9457are you serious? Have you been to Germany or Sweden? It is very different.
@@tatianas5637True. Iceland is the most eco country in the world
Superstition and ignorance at its highest level !!
India thought this planet meaning of consciousness and oneness of the universe . India is mother of all the civilization on this planet. Hinduism and Vedas are beyond the cerebral wherewithal of others.
@@hsram1985 what has that got to do with pollution of Ganga?
Most Indian people dont give a damn for keeping rivers clean. Some are ignorant, some are irresponsible, the rest dont care about anything other than themselves.
Teaching responsible behavior should start at knder garten level. Only then things improve.
actually non indain vry suparstituious .. only those with ganesh r englithened
@@TriniMonstera each country, each place has its own advantages and disadvantages
Which place do you live in? Is that a perfect place with absolutely no problems at all?!!!?
@@TriniMonstera Google ajit vadakayil cooli to know about true history of your ancestors. India is not about slums. This is a propaganda videos.
the water inside my toilet bowl is cleaner 😂😂
Wtf
Actually LMAO
Ahahahaha
True my toilet is better than Ganges it’s clean and has clean water too , maybe I should worship my toilet lol
@@rehanlubna543 hahaha thats a good one
If it's such a holy river why can't they keep it clean
tends to happen when a large portion of the population enjoys shitpissing wherever they want.
"The royal bath.....taken in raw sewage."
gyahahahah!
India thought this planet meaning of consciousness and oneness of the universe . India is mother of all the civilization on this planet. Hinduism and Vedas are beyond the cerebral wherewithal of others. Ganga water holds memory. It has a special quantum field. It has self cleansing properties. Because of industries it got polluted. But Ganga is holy indeed!! Spirituality exists only in Hinduism. It is subjective not like objective dogma holy book religions. I pity western dogma man made mindless religion followers. Billions of people living a life of lie.
@rashid kaleem, I invite you to learn that there is a way to control your urges. I can see it from those verses you quoted. Glory isn't about the 72. And in today's day and age, most people have more if they try.
Indian logic. Lmao.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
"source of fresh water"
Tracks: *shows a clip of a man washing his toes*
sir ,, we wash hair ,, toe ,, foot and meny other areas ... but remembr that you can consum watar too for helth ..
Whaaaa! (> 0
and what is wrongs with that? we drinks ganga water also it is very cleanest river in world
@umax umax have you even seen this video?
@@dole2355 ignore this troll comment lol
It is so holy for them that they dump their sew water into it.
When those two guys were "brushing" their teeth and rinsing their mouths with the poo water I gagged. That's so nasty omg 🤮
To be honest, many 3rd world countries has badly polluted rivers but Ganges river is of another level. Its an eye opener..
That's because of population crisis, as well as poverty and industrialization. Nothing can help us, we need to find a way to fight industrialization because it's the work of the devil, British enforced this :(
They're probably doing it for God of Bacteria.
@Daniel Piotrowicz
_You betrayed Shiva_ - Indiana Jones
THE ROTFATHER
@MN don't be racist
@@ThePizzaGoblin pointing out extreme uneccesary overpopulation of poor people isn't racist buddy
@@ThePizzaGoblin because their lifestyles show them basically living in garbage galore and religion has nothing to do with race
It's such a sad situation. Poor infrastructure and planning with a country growing so fast. I truly do hope they can save the river, but it depends a lot on the higher ups (the ones with the money), and we've seen time and again how THAT goes.
its 20 years old documentary, things changed completely today .
NO, it depends on the PEOPLE who live there. They don't want it clean, if they did, it would be clean, PERIOD!!!!!
A few hours ago i was watching a horror movie with my friends and i was telling them how stuff like ghosts or other spiritual creatures doesn't scare me and i am not easily disgusted by corpses ect. Now i came home and somehow found this documentary, my stomach is seriously aching and i think this is worst than any horror movie i have ever seen. Horrifying really.
True. That guy here at 8:52 feels like some character from MadMax dystopia. But it is real
As the narrator said THE RIVER OF LIFE HAS BECOME THE RIVER OF DEATH!
sir this river is river of laife ,, and it is helthy to poo as it contain immunity content
This is old documentary, things have changed now ganga is much cleaner than before due to number of sewage treatment plants constructed in the banks of river and its banned to dispose off rubbish in ganga ghats. Now ganga ghats are beautified with more new construction and in some parts, old illegal constructions are demolished to make more spacious and tourist friendly.
RIVER OF GARBAGE TOXIC WASTE
RESPECTED SIR thats HOW we indians mayntayn our good helth,,,,,,
Pls return koh-i-noor to our holy premier menister modi jhee sir
Jai hind 🇮🇳🙏🚩 we indians peace loving peple u lead we follow sir
Many Fake accounts operated by one person
This people are so blinded by the religion. Ganga river is no less than a drain😑
😂😂🚮
Search about Karni mata temple, and you'll know that religion can make you do anything!
That’s not your problem. And at least you don’t have to worry about them bombing you
Same goes for the majority of the planet. Mainly Christianity and Islam.
Dude the Drain is way Cleaner Than Ganga River. Comeman man You are Disrespecting the Drain by Comparing it to the Ganga. I pick drain over Ganga in a Heart beat.
Once the river gave them life; now, it gives them death 💀💀💀
River be taking slow revenge
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.
The Holy River supposedly cleanses the people, but it cannot cleanse itself.
Show where is the outbreak of any kind..??
@@rajusondh India should invest more on hygiene, sewage and garbage management not on defense and space programs.
It can clean itself look at it during covid beautiful
@@viraj2011 i think to you a landfills is beautiful.
@@jadeemperor1616 you read isro program 🙄world cheapest agency
As a Hindu, even I don't accept putting raw sewage and chemical products into the river, but it's impossible to fight pollution in India 😔
Mat kr bhai direct uapa laga dete india me to 😂 ab kya kr skte he koi aage aata hi nhi pura river barbaad krdiya ... Govt to hindu muslim kr skti he lekin ganga river ko bachane me nikal jaati he unki 🙂 mc goverment
Put a bunch of religious fools together and this is what happens...
Religions everywhere ruin lives, look at the Abrahamic cults too - they are no different with their bs.
Ooho! It's bad to pour sewage in river
U did
Ganga river was so clean by early 1900 but only after that setting up of factories especially after independence, introduction to packet and polythene, people's irresponsiblity lead it dirtiest within next half century
It is the responsibility of all of us to protect the environment of the earth, the government needs to do something, and the local Indians need to change their concept of hygiene.
They treat it like a dump. Not as a sacred source of life.
A heaven for bacteria 😂
Perhaps one can make the relation between the christian Jesus taking on all the sins of the world and the Ganges doing the same both physically and etherically
@@haydnwilson1814 Yes,a good example
@@rehanlubna543 that's the reason why you're full of sh**. 😂😂
@Daniel Piotrowicz I dont know Jesus, because this is a composite figure. And if your stating that the book has been tainted,so you dont know either. So get back to reality and save yourself.
This is shocking to see how people bathing in dirty and polluted water.
dont you dared disrespect mother ganges
drinking and bathing in mother ganges water is our vedic culture, dont tell us indians what to do, india is your father all knowledge cames from india
@@dole2355 we dont tell you what to do you can bathe all you want. Because dirt is no issue to you people.
@@stephanievillaluz7622 maam i am certified vedic doctor for many years, dont tell me what to do. my scientific reserch papers proves that batheing in ganges water and poo protectes you from many diseases and improves health. dont tell us indians what to do or we will raep you and your family. jai hind
@Stephanie Villaluz get some knowledges . how is ganges dirty? the bodies are gifts to mother ganges and reincarnations so they vanish anyways
Was at Varanasi , amaze by Ganga’s spiritual influence however its absurd and undigested that people not care about this river and treating like a waste bin ! It is heart wrenching as a human, as a hindu spirit !
I appreciate the honesty and accuracy of the person presenting the facts.
Him: “Just like a fish cannot be separated from water, they cannot be separated from the Ganges.”
Well, the fish in the Ganges were poisoned and died, and so will they.
There no fish living in ganges river anymore just only human remaining,they believe swimming,drink polluted water will boost their health and immunity system
Maybe there is so much faith within the people that the "waters" keep them healthy.
@S scary...however, scientists have not been able to figure out the most crucial inventions to solve our planet's most important problems; rather they're making things worse. Ex. The latest: the Corona virus. The ganges river's condition is not going to change. Wait until the world's fresh water runs out, what is India going to do?
yes sir our holy gangas contayn many PREBIOTICS n PROBIOTICS acording to my RESERCH n my studnets gangas hv kept indians helthy since whn u britishers steal india money frm us
India was superpoower n wil b superpoower agan. We all just hv to trust our holy premier menister modi jhee
Jai hind 🇮🇳 🙏 🚩 jai rss
@@yeomra7796 Not all is sad, but it's outrageous when poor local authorities/governments sell to other colonists what belongs to the people. Strange enough, it may be true that the ganges has kept its people healthy all these years. Thx
"Fertilizes the land" is an understatement.
Great documentary. Well done !
Also very sad to know about dat river.
It kills me when humans destroy the environment in which they live , and then act surprised about it.
And you are one of the human that is destroying environment
Well, this is basically due to lack of education, in india most people are not educated about the pollution and stuff, the only think thwy kniw abiut ganga is that there arebcertain microorganisms that break down any pollution keeping it pure🤷♀️, well if they were so educated the population of india wouldn't be off charts in the first place(*headache ),
@umax umax first of all ,i was replying to @Debora Williams, i didnt even read your comment
@umax umaxbtw, what do you mean by joker bharat?
@umax umax and what the heck is colonial education system?
This was documented in 2007, and now, 14 years later, it gets worse
no it didn’t
@@adithya1791 there are mostly fake accounts in this comment section defaming India and Hindus by looking at this 10 year old documentary made in bad light. They are upset of the fact that Ganga is cleaner than before due to various initiatives from past 5 years by construction of sewage treatment plants, beutification of ganga river ghats and implementing other laws. Ignore this fake accounts, this pakistani are impersonating as indian or foreigners and trying to troll and spread fake propaganda agaisnt India and Hindus
No it didn't, recent pandemic "lockdowns" actually did clean it a lot and also during the monsoon, but for while tho as soon as everything restarts, it will get polluted again.
VWVW, Would not doubt it. The Pasig River is a river in the Philippines that connects Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay. The trash alone stretches from bank to bank and is 9 feet deep. It is so bad that the river has been biologically dead for over 20 years.
@@1megavideoschannel, " there are mostly fake accounts in this comment section defaming India and Hindus by looking at this 10 year old documentary made in bad light."
" Ignore this fake accounts, this pakistani are impersonating as indian or foreigners and trying to troll and spread fake propaganda agaisnt India and Hindus"
Got any evidence to back those statements up?
I didn't expect India has this beautiful nature landscapes. It was just the people were the problem after all!
Crapping in the same river they bathe in & drink out of. Now that's smart.
The Ganges is the very definition of 'Holy S**t'.
so?? at least we belive in 33 million god instead of only 1
@@swamidikshit3714 and I doubt you can name 10 of them
😂😂😂😂👍🤢🖖✌️🙏💩🏊
@@swamidikshit3714 interesting flex.
@@yetekt8025 😂
“To millions of Indians, this river is a physical lifeline, providing their only source of fresh water.”
*shows Indian man washing his feet in the water*
How the human mind tricks itself into convincing itself that there is spirituality of godness in flowing water beats me. People are so emotional they don't have common sense.
@yitzhak shekkelsteingoldmanberg dont use rational creation called internet fool
Religion are pretty much like that.
it helps them get on with life, why do u judge them?
hope you get better morals than judging humans you do not know, good luck with your life dude
@@babyshanti001 it's good that it helps them with their lives, that's what religion does, help the hopeless. We all can judge, it's our opinion and right to judge, we judge evreyday when we make decisions so don't be a hypocrite as if you don't judge. Morals has nothing to do with it.
It's not the tricks of the human mind. The core principles of hinduism is that their is atma in every atom of the universe. Since the British period, significant damage has been caused to hindu schools and that's why you see this concept degenerated now. Hindus need to recover their philosophy in the original form.
I was so lucky to have had a boat ride on the river Ganges, when we stayed in Varanasi. There was denial of any pollution in the river from our tour guide, but the area looked pretty bad to me. I'm from Australia and I was lucky enough to travel to India with my mum, dad and sister in the 80's. Beautiful country, love the people, the poverty was so sad to see. I hope they can clean up the Ganges in some way, these people love their country and are very proud of it. For me when we arrived at night in Bombay, they smell made me want to go home. I don't like to share how I felt, as i do not want to offend people from india. I hope it's not so bad today, as I realy enjoyed my trip to India and so did my family.
And now it gets worse.
Unfortunately, today it's even worse manifolds...
South India is some what cleaner. Yeah
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@@benedictjoseph3832 I think Northeastern part of India is also clean and less polluted then other parts of India.
It amazes me to observe how religion shapes the human mind
Sad to believe in something so faithful that’s it’s actually killing or harming you and your family.
There are many religions but one Christ Jesus who came to serve but not be served
@@MrKHAILEE there is no evidence of this fictional character
Hell and heaven are not exist
This is old documentary, things have changed now ganga is much cleaner than before due to number of sewage treatment plants constructed in the banks of river and its banned to dispose off rubbish in ganga ghats. Now ganga ghats are beautified with more new construction and in some parts, old illegal constructions are demolished to make more spacious and tourist friendly.
@@tyronsimpson2143 Respect if others believe in Jesus Christ.We dont even care if you're atheist.
In my country, Myanmar, the water from the Ganges was also holy in the ancient times as our Kings always sent the scouts to obtain its water to use in the special royal rites and ceremonies although Myanmar is not a Hindu Country....It is really horrifying to see the situations of the present Ganges and Indian Government and people should try their best to save their beloved river from this hellish condition
TaIiban will teach indian hindus what is sacred... 🤫
Yes! It must be cleaned ! Myanmar is also Hindu Country because Buddhism is a branch of Sanatan Dharma originated in my region/state of South Bihar,India
Burma
@@satyampandey890 Didn't Buddha pass away in uttar pradesh?
@@satyampandey890 you guys claim all the things
crazy how casually you can just describe a massive biohazard
Oh India, one place I will never visit. 😂
Nobody cares your visit won't do anything heheheheh
I bet you can barely pay your electricity bill
These are the results of lack of education.
This is old documentary, things have changed now ganga is much cleaner than before due to number of sewage treatment plants constructed in the banks of river and its banned to dispose off rubbish in ganga ghats. Now ganga ghats are beautified with more new construction and in some parts, old illegal constructions are demolished to make more spacious and tourist friendly
Western fascists' think what they study is education... and try to measure everything with their yard stick ...like blind leading the blind...these western fools cant even know where is the first universe on the earth ..who invented zero and astrology..etc....first know the history properly.
@@SpiritOfIndiaaa it is abduls and chinese in action in this channel,they just keep there name as western names
They start at 2 brainwashing
Many fake accounts here
I'm indian and I'm feeling like there is no thing like "hygiene" exist here 😂.....I mean how can you drink that water which was polluted by corpses,religious ceremonies,flowers,mud, chemicals etc.......I'm too proud of my country but I'm not blind devotee,rather worship river with heart and keep rivers clean 🙏
Edit:-If we worship our rivers as mother then we should keep them clean and pollution free
It mostly from industrial waste, and sewage. The greed is what causes those corporations to dispose of their waste cheaply into the rivers. I’m glad young educated Indians are taking notice and at least getting the conversation going and I’m ashamed of the role the west plays in it. I’d love to see it become truly clean again one day so it can become fit for religious practice again
@@Max_Payn3 industrial and sewage? might add defecation, fecal matter, dead corpses etc and blame that on west and your govt. sick of ppl like you. lol
INDIANS ARE NOW SLOWLY LEARNING ABOUT GOOD HYGIENE.But still SH.....ING all over in PUBLIC.😭🤮
No wonder why we have America an India stay there
yes
She say hemoglobin of 1 to 3😳 WTH. You would be immediately hospitalized here. That’s insanely low
Its amazing how they believe it purifies them where in reality it's the opposite, but that's their belief.
It's like schitting in your bath water, then using the water to cook, and then washing you and your family in it again, before making tea with it, blalalalalaa!
Hahaha true
So called spirituality 😂🤣🤣
Well said comrade Lynn ! You have a true gift of expression. Keep up the good work!
the water is good for imunity
@Raju Sharma Immunity for what Sir???
I'd rather swim in COVID than swim in the Ganges.
Same. XD
That’s a big statement
Covid is rapid I India.
@@loveycat5474 no it's not now
The most incredible thing, the human body's ability to survive. Despite all this pollution to there primary source of water and they are in this water daily the population is not going down but up. I would not drink this water because it would put me in the hospital but my body is not custom to it, these people's have been around this stuff there whole lives and there body's have adapted. Life adapts to survive.
The most polluted place in the world… 😢😢
You should be worried about your electricity bill i guess
Was there ever any doubt?
I mean this sarcastically but also as food for thought for those who understand Hinduism's philosophical context - The river 'herself' is a deity so the pollution of her waters is a problem on the temporal plane and not on the spiritual one. If the river is considered to be epitome of a purifying force, its superpower is understood to take infinite amounts of pollution, both chemical and sins. Therefore, it does not bother the Hindu believers. Secondly, the river's chemical pollution ultimately harms living beings and not the water itself. If living beings fall ill or die due to a dip in the river, the river will only be considered a divine cause of their liberation from the cycle of birth and death and it will not be seen as an eye opener that the river must be kept pure so that living beings stay safe while using it. My point is pollution of Ganga and its status as a Holy River is not a contradiction in terms. A common believing mind will easily reconcile the two. Enlightened beings such as true sages, saints, etc would however disagree. But few commoners are able to practice what the saints strive for.
Its just a river, and it's filthy... so then what sort of "god" would want their purifying waters to be filthy? You are just moving the goalpost back to hold to a false religion. Follow Jesus, not this pagan stuff. Worship the creator, not his creation that man has tainted.
@@EQOAnostalgia What son of god would want himself to be nailed on the cross or allow himself to be betrayed? You lost me at your bigoted last statement about what's pagan and what's not. Your journey into faith hasn't even begun, you are holding onto a fable that's half-baked and plagiarised to say the least.
@Yarn Looner Some religion is definitely filth and corruption. I don't think you have experienced ALL religion yet. Secondly, dirty/polluted is a selfish, mostly human-centric adjective. It's subjective too. If Indians love the river despite all the toxins, nobody's forcing you to take a dip in it.
These people are missing the point ur making , from the view of hindu people
@@EQOAnostalgia All religion is a tool to create obedient and ignorant populace
You know she's in heaven now, looking down at her people, and thinking "well, they sure did take that joke a bit too serious"
That might well be....but not more silly than European christianity's blood soaked adventure stories.
@@PAULLONDEN WOOOOOORD! Abraham was a gross Canaanite necromancer who’s greatest power was using his wife as bait to trick the Pharaoh out of silver and gold. True story.
@@vsr3777 idk..... maybe a parallel of whats on this earth but cleaner???
@@PAULLONDEN amen I felt that one
Unchecked population growth and the world's worst pollution, this is not going to end well 😢
nature has a way of taking care of its problems,donot woorry
He's literally drinking the water from the river. I would rather die than dip in that water lol.
Hardly a minute has gone by where my head isn't shaking side to side in frustration.
Humans be like.
"Hmm... 🤔 That water looks extremely toxic better dunk my body in there to be purified."
How sad keep wobbling your head
@@sanchan7312 Let him shake his head, it isn't your problem isn't it
@@thewanderingstranger6638 jit is not your priblem either
@@sanchan7312 Then why are we talking then
That was very informative. I’ve looked at a lot of docs on the Ganges and this is the most in depth.
And now it is 2023….has anything been done? Being done? Excellent documentary. Thank you.
Please go back in 2035 and let it be known that the glacier is still there and going no where fast. The only thing that will be different is that the area will be even more polluted than it is now. Those people sure know how to pollute mother nature
Nothing like a drink next to a floating skull to get the day going !!
So weird a country that has a space agency can't even build sewage treatment facilities for their own wastes.
These video was recorded 15 years ago. Now, everything has changed. Don't be ignorant
@@richu-21 nothing has changed lmao. Its going worse at this point.
@@chaithanya5427 lol stay in your stupid 90s era
@@richu-21 if you saw the video of people putting dead bodies (from people dying from covid19) the river still looked the same
@@AzzieChauWhatDuhPho where do you see masks and how can you say that it is from Covid19? Moreover, the place where you see dead bodies in Varanasi, it doesnt look like this anymore. The place is much more restored.
Those people call its rivers as mother and they treat it like this, says a lot about them.😅
You know what hurts the most for Indonesians? Many people think that Indonesia is located in India, it's very painful
Well, Americans think Africa is a country 🤷🏻♀️
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They believe it is a holy river. But they exploit it everyway. Now it became polluted more then sewerage water. What a believe👏👏👏
This is old documentary, things have changed now ganga is much cleaner than before due to number of sewage treatment plants constructed in the banks of river and its banned to dispose off rubbish in ganga ghats. Now ganga ghats are beautified with more new construction and in some parts, old illegal constructions are demolished to make more spacious and tourist friendly
*belief
@@anotheryale28 isn't believe is right too?
This video was shot 13 years ago things aren't same the river is much cleaner now there's video on my channel of this same river
@@noname-cs8vd nice video Anmol, you can make more videos of beautiful infrastructure built in the river ganga ghats, people will be delighted to see
Indeed, Cleanliness is next to Godliness😊
They say " Ignorance is bliss." That is why these people are blissfull in the so-called holy water.
Imagine the SMELL in that area