BATHING IN GANGA-YAMUNA WASH AWAY SINS: REALITY OR MYTH

 

According to pupular Hindu mythology Ganga and Yamuna are supposed to be the holiest rivers of the world. These rivers contain those minerals and chemicals which are capable of protecting human beings from different diseases. From religious view point many Hindus call these rivers-"Maiya" means mother. These rivers are like people's mother. The way mother protects their children so as these rivers do , is the belief of our Hindu brothers. But what I have experienced sins are not washed away by bathing in Ganga-Yamuna.  Our Hindu brother's religious  belief is a different matter.  Sins are washed away by tears of repentance.  Even a tear of repentance has the power to wash away the sins committed continuously for a thousand years.  Perhaps this is why it has been said in Islam that after the arrow is released from the command, after the bullet is released from the gun, after the snake has left, by beating the line, after the bird has eaten the field, the benefits that can be gained by repenting only which otherwise  cannot be done.  Therefore all these proverbs are considered meaningless under Islam.  According to Islam, a perfect man (Mahatma) is one who before doing any work did not think about what would be the consequences but after making a mistake is now banging his head.  In Hinduism, such a person is called ignorant and the above proverbs are applied to him, but in Islam, such a person is called the most superior, but such a person who does not know how high his place is in the eyes of God.