Trini River lime

Ganga Dhaaraa Teerath (also spelt tirath ) also known as pilgrimage  to the river represents an ancient tradition in Hinduism. Man, God and Nature are not separate. Water is life and human life has depended upon this element since the beginning of time. Villages, towns and even cities have been birthed at the river's edge, dependent on the water's flow. The teerath is about the leap in the journey of life from physical to spiritual and it is natural that such worship should occur in the river which is the provider of all life. In Trinidad this festival happens every year in June by at Marianne river, Blanchisseuse, North coast. Families congregate at the entrance of the river, down makeshift stairs built with bamboo lathes, mud and in some places covered with planks of wood, waiting to pay respects to the water before going on. A mantra is said which calls the Goddess to the head of the river and offerings of flowers and small coins are also made before entering the wate