CPREEC - EIACP Programme Centre, Resource Partner on Ecological Heritage and Sacred Sites of India

by Waseem Dar

• Panzath Nag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district supplies water for a trout fish hatchery and drinking and irrigation to a number of villages downstream.

• Hundreds of men and children from the villages go fishing in the spring once a year as part of their tradition on Rohan Posh, a local festival.

• The collective activity rids the spring of silt and weeds and restores its water level for the rest of the year.

• The spring has a mythological relevance; the cleaning tradition has been in existence since time immemorial.

Source:

https://india.mongabay.com/2021/11/photos-a-kashmir-spring-is-protected-by-a-local-festival/