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Well, all of the Hindu people believe the water of the river is holy, and use its water for many purposes, such as bathing and cooking purposes, and because of its holyness, they believe a person is lucky if their body is sent to float aimlessly down the river, because when it reaches the end, their soul will have made its way to Heaven. However, because of A., all of the dirt and muck that comes off of people when they bathe, and B., the fact that the river is pretty much a trash can, because people empty everything from dead bodies to human waste to any other substance into the river, so when the people begin to bathe in it, the Hindus get sick from all of the bacteria that's in the water, so many of the Hindus get killed from the diseases.

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