Curses Protected Indian River, but Now it Faces Modern World

In this photo taken Monday, April 28, 2014, villagers prepare for the cremation of an elderly woman on the banks of the Chambal River near Bhopepura village, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The fears that shaped this region go back more than a thousand years, to when sages said the Chambal (the term refers both to the river and the rugged land around it) had been cursed and villagers whispered that it was unholy. In a culture where rivers have long been worshipped, farmers avoided planting along the river’s banks. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)
Curses Protected Indian River, but Now it Faces Modern World
   
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