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A sacred tank surrounded by four hundred-year-old temples
and modern skyscrapers. Nowhere are Mumbai's paradoxes
more evident than at Banganga. Part of an ancient temple
complex, the water in this tank is believed to come from
the Holy Ganges. It sprung forth when Rama, the exiled
hero of the epic Ramayana stopped at the spot five thousand
years ago, in search of his kidnapped wife Sita. Overcome
with fatigue and thirst, he asked his brother Laxman to
bring him some water. Laxman instantly shot an arrow into
the ground, and water gushed forth from the Ganga, over
a thousand miles away. Although the story is the stuff
of legend, the tank has always been sacred. On pious occasions,
thousands turn up to take a ritual dip in its mossy waters,
and offer flowers at the ancient Banganga Temples.
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