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Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Why do people throw coins in rivers

While travelling in train or bus if you've come across a river then you may have noticed people throwing coins in it. Also while standing near a river bank you may have noticed people throwing coins in it.

If you don’t know why some people do that then you may find the information below intriguing.

Rivers in all countries is considered significant as it stores water, helps in many important work like agriculture, drinking, irrigation, electricity production, etc. In India Rivers are worshipped by many Indians as they consider it sacred, & even Goddess thus they worship it.

Many Indians offer something at those places which they consider sacred & at a place of worship. Hence they throw coins in rivers as an offering. In their opinion it brings good luck.

Other reason is that in ancient time Indian currency was made using copper unlike aluminium, stainless steel & some other elements now a days.

Copper is significant for health. Thus our ancestors had started a custom of throwing coins in river as rivers were the only source of water that time. If coin remains in rivers for a long time then copper present in coin gets dissolved in river water & becomes beneficial for those who drink it.

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