Mughal love for Ganga and Yamuna

by Guest Mon Apr 24, 2017 11:29 am

Akbar drank only Ganga water, special provision being made to fetch it from Soron where the emperor was in Agra or at Fatehpur Sikri and from Hardwar while he was in the Punjab. And in case he happened to be in Rajputana or any other area, Gangajal was carried by kahars travelling with the royal party.

Jahangir, says Dr Nath, though equally fond of water from the Ganga, preferred to drink from fresh flowing streams and rivers wherever he was. But Shah Jahan was fond of Yamuna water and couldn't do without it. As a matter of fact, he surrendered the Agra Fort and eventually his kingdom to Aurangzeb because of this. He could have held out longer by drinking well water, but refused to do so after his crafty son stopped the supply of Yamuna water to the fort.

http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/09/stories/2002120900580200.htm

by Guest Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:15 pm

Often reviled by the right-wing as “foreigners” who plundered India, the Mughals have come in for praise by the Uma Bharti-headed water resources ministry for their view of the Ganges.

Bharti steers the Modi government’s mission to clean the severely degraded Ganges, a key agenda. In an affidavit before the Supreme Court in a matter related to the river’s restoration, Bharti’s ministry has said the Mughals appreciated the Ganges for its magical qualities. Emperor Akbar, the third Mughal king, it states, preferred drinking Ganga water.

The affidavit goes on to state that there is scientific evidence to show the Ganges had “some special elements which are not there in any other river in the world”, including the “strength to fight many diseases”.

“Reportedly, Emperor Akbar had used to drink either pure drinking water or water mixed with Ganga water,” the affidavit says. The Mughals “accepted” the Ganges had a “special quality”..

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/akbar-preferred-drinking-ganga-water-uma-bharti-s-ministry-tells-sc/story-mzGgwdy3kaUnRe5rd7oPNK.html

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Akbar was probably drinking Ganga water to win over the hindus, not because he thought it had any magical qualities.

Mughal love for Ganga and Yamuna

Mughal love for Ganga and Yamuna

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