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June 12, 2010 | Fish turns up dead in Muchalinda Lake in Gaya | Gaya (Bihar): Fishes are turning up dead in Muchalinda lake in Bihar's
Gaya district due to soaring temperatures. The lake is located 3 km south of Mahabodhi
Temple and lies close to the Mucharim village in Gaya District of Bihar. "Due
to excessive hot weather fishes of the lake are dying. The workers of the temple
clean the lake and bury deep the dead fishes so that it do not pollute the atmosphere.
To maintain the sacredness of the Bodhgaya Temple we bury the fishes," said Surya
Pratap Singh, priest, Mahabodhi temple, Gaya. The lake fish are considered sacred
and dead ones are buried in ground. "We collect ten to twenty dead fishes and
bury them. Nobody eats dead fishes," said Ramchandra Kumar, caretaker, Muchalinda
Lake. People who visit this holy lake feed the fish and consider that feeding
them will fulfill their wishes. |
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