Guest guest Posted August 28, 2002 Report Share Posted August 28, 2002 >"Ashwini Kumar" <ashwini_kumarr >Resurrecting the Saraswati River >Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:43:21 -0400 > > > >. Resurrecting the Saraswati River >Source: http://www.the-week.com/22aug18/cover.htm >AHMEDABAD, INDIA, August18, 2002: The government of India, with the >assistance of hydrologists, geologists, archaeologists and space >scientists, >is trying to bring back the Saraswati River, which dried up in Vedic times. >The dry bed of the "mythological" river was spotted in satellite photos, >five miles wide, coursing from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea. Some water >still flows along this course, but underground. The government's attempt is >to tap this water in wells and reservoirs, so that Hindus may once again be >blessed by the Saraswati's sacred waters. > _______________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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