A small vessel used to carry water for drinking and ritual ablutions, the kamandalu has been used since antiquity by Hindu, Jain and Buddhist ascetics and brahmacharins in South Asia. It is typically ...
Mumbai: A book on India's seven holy rivers authored by Shrikala Warrier, a London-based scholar was unveiled here. ‘Kamandalu: The Seven Sacred Rivers of Hinduism' by Warrier draws extensively on the ...