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all religious purposes. Also, most temples were centers of social and economic activities, making a waterbody very essential inside the premises. There are various Hindu legends which mention that the temples' tanks are usually created by celestial bodies or have been propitiated off their curse by taking a holy dip in such bodies of water. In Vishnu temples, devotees are offered a few drops of sacred water called
Theertham. The names of such bodies of water are usually named after the celestial bodies or the characteristics of the sin propitiated. The Theerthams in the famous
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float festival is celebrated in the temples during which the festive deity is taken in the decorated float in the temple tank. The purificatory bath is believed to remove sins and after the dip, pilgrims offer charitable gifts in the hope of being rewarded in the current life and subsequent lives. The Hindus consider taking a pilgrimage and holy dip during the
Theerthavari as sacred. The Theerthavari festivals in a given region also follow the upstream and downstream flow of river, like in the case of river
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mythology, Hindu temples are usually associated with the trio of
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associated with a temple or deity. As per Hindu religious belief, water is the principal purification mechanism. While external purification is believed to be through a dip in sacred water bodies, internal purification is through truthfulness. Most Hindu temples are associated with bodies of water,
139:(salvation). Due to political issues, the Tirthas in India were disrupted during the medieval period. These days, Theertha Yatra are organized in group by travel agencies and sometimes by the government bodies.
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