Volume III Special Issue I January 2023

Name of Author : K M Jayanthi

Title of the paper : Water: Religion, History and Literature

Abstract: “God has no religion.” – Mahatma Gandhi. “Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.” –Alexis Carrel. The concept of “religion” was formed in the 16th and 17th centuries. Religion plays a vital role in all aspect of human life, it regulates the values of day to day life and helps in creating an ethical framework and helps in molding the personality of an individual in other words religion helps in building values like love, empathy, respect and harmony. “Water the Preserver and Destroyer” is the absolute necessity for all living beings. Water , one of the most common religious metaphors, representing as different things as ‘knowledge’, ‘life’, ‘salvation’ and ‘time’. Water is considered a purifier in most religions. Throughout history, water has been used as a symbol of wisdom, power, grace, music and undifferentiated chaos that gave rise to the material world. Water has always fascinated humankind, it plays a very prominent and recurrent role in literature. This paper tries to trace water in religion, history and literature.

Keywords : God, Water, Religion, History, Literature

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Page Number : 217-220