Prabhupada, Mayapura, October 20, 1974: […] How long the water will be clear? No. The rivers, at least the rivers, in the city, they should be kept very clean. But they cannot keep clean because they have got so many dirty activities, enterprises, mills and factories. So in Calcutta also, the… There are so many jute mills and factories on the riverside.
All the night soil, they are thrown into the Ganges. So still the Ganges is so powerful that it keeps clear. Hundreds and thousands people, still they take bath in the Ganges, and they keep very good health, those who are taking bath regularly in the Ganges.
And cities and towns, there must be a river. In India, you’ll find, all the important cities in India, they are on the bank of the Ganges, on the bank of the Yamuna, on the bank of the Narmada, Krsna, Kaveri, like that, all the important cities. And Canakya Pandita says that “Don’t go to a town and city where there is no river and where there is no friend and there is no temple. Don’t go to that city. If there is no river, no friend and no temple, then that is… A great city is a great forest.” So that is forbidden.
So we should be happy with these things. Full Lecture
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