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 When Vishnu sleeps [1]

People come to the Bhima river in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, to rejoice. They leave behind a drain

Pandharpur, a pilgrim town on the banks of the Bhima river in Maharashtra, hosts four religious yatras every year. Over two million people take part in these yatras, which celebrate, among other things, four months (chatur maas) of Lord Vishnu

Publication Date: 
14/02/2009
Rajanish Joshi [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Water Pollution [4], River Pollution [5], Religious Places [6], Chemical Fertilisers [7], Bhima [8], Water Quality [9], Health Effects [10], Sewage Pollution [11], Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) [12], Industrial Pollution [13], Sugar Industry [14], Waste Disposal [15], Maharashtra [16], Sholapur (D) [17], Statistics [18]

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