How Indians Handle Millions Of Tons Of Temple Offerings | World Wide Waste

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  • Опубликовано: 13 май 2024
  • Worshippers in India buy thousands of tons of flowers every day to give as offerings in temples. The rituals leave behind mountains of flower waste that often end up contaminating already troubled rivers with pesticides and harmful chemicals. One business is taking that waste and turning it into products like natural dyes used in garments that have been sold by Anthropologie; others are making fragrances and incense sticks.
    00:00 - Introduction
    00:57 - How Sacred Offerings Can Harm The Environment
    02:27 - Collecting Flowers From Temples
    04:09 - The Meanings Behind Sacred Flowers
    04:23 - Dying Fabrics With Flower Waste
    07:21 - Making The Clothing
    08:29 - Turning Flowers Into Incense
    10:43 - The Impact Of Flowers
    11:11 - Other Religious Offering Waste
    11:47 - Changing Ancient Habits
    12:35 - Bigger Sources of Indian Water Pollution
    12:56 - Artistry Thriving In A Polluted City
    14:00 - A Bigger Challenge For Rupa
    15:05 - Credits
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  • @Xeonerable
    @Xeonerable 3 месяца назад +6479

    It's crazy how important water is to all life on Earth but humans just dump their trash into it so carelessly.

    • @monk331
      @monk331 3 месяца назад +166

      "People"

    • @aditisk99
      @aditisk99 3 месяца назад +307

      ​@@monk331The people who dump aren't humans?

    • @monk331
      @monk331 3 месяца назад

      @@aditisk99 they are the same as what they dump: trash.

    • @lampad4549
      @lampad4549 3 месяца назад +8

      Crazy

    • @johanneslaseur3876
      @johanneslaseur3876 3 месяца назад +24

      okay but the issue i see is that the trash is not naturally degradable.

  • @BethanyHarbaugh
    @BethanyHarbaugh 3 месяца назад +3092

    Coming from a perspective from growing up in religion, reusing and recycling these offerings seems more respectful to the planet that the gods watch over. Why pollute the nature that the gods carefully created? These people are caring about nature and, in the process, are respecting the gifts given to them by the gods. And the way they're reusing the flowers and everything really feels so much better from a god's point of view than just throwing it in the river. I mean, the flowers into incense? That's perfect and still goes to the gods. I love it.

    • @fartingshartingpig5287
      @fartingshartingpig5287 3 месяца назад +191

      That river is one of their "gods", and they dump sewage directly into her. I'm pretty sure the flowers are fine.

    • @omarsait2050
      @omarsait2050 3 месяца назад +56

      What about peeing and shitting on roadside?

    • @omarsait2050
      @omarsait2050 3 месяца назад +14

      What about peeing and shitting on roadside?

    • @honestpetvideos9307
      @honestpetvideos9307 3 месяца назад +52

      ​@@fartingshartingpig5287 if u r taking about mother ganga then u r far behind your time.. Namo Ganga project has succesfully celeared river banks and has added sewage treatment plants for sewage entering ganga

    • @tikimillie
      @tikimillie 3 месяца назад +42

      I dont believe in a specific religion but i think worship through planting trees and other ways of caring for nature is the ultimate type of worship.

  • @bzmc
    @bzmc Месяц назад +179

    The fact they can throw away their idols in the river once the festival is over blows my mind completely

    • @Drwatson1097
      @Drwatson1097 3 дня назад +7

      The fact that you foriegner throw your mom and dad when they become old

    • @rupom_1670
      @rupom_1670 3 дня назад +62

      @@Drwatson1097 in comparison trowing away a god intentionally it the name of worship is worse.

    • @imthecoolest50
      @imthecoolest50 3 дня назад +39

      I was wondering, what was even the point of worshipping it if you’re just going to throw it into the river later on? Isn’t it supposed to be your God? Why disrespect God like that?

    • @muhammadhasanul
      @muhammadhasanul 3 дня назад +36

      ​@@imthecoolest50Hindu logic

    • @coolranch-ez4tu
      @coolranch-ez4tu 3 дня назад

      @@imthecoolest50their beliefs are illogical and it’s way too obvious that it’s false

  • @EyFmS
    @EyFmS 2 месяца назад +202

    Indians : "The Ganges is the most sacred of rivers".
    Also Indians : 11:18.

    • @DinoMan_6
      @DinoMan_6 18 дней назад +5

      Yiup…

    • @Agent32.
      @Agent32. 4 дня назад

      Dummy, its made of clay.

    • @ziqqqqqqq
      @ziqqqqqqq 3 дня назад +1

      The ecosystem is being blessed by ganges

    • @ardikurniawan5987
      @ardikurniawan5987 3 дня назад +8

      Ironic, while they consider the Ganges river as mother

    • @Anime_stalk
      @Anime_stalk 2 дня назад +1

      Who the he'll you are to tell us what we doing right or not ...

  • @raycenteno7698
    @raycenteno7698 3 месяца назад +2017

    The incense and clothing company looks really cool. Liked how both companies thought outside the box to recycle the flowers. Would definitely like to buy the products in the future.

    • @crimeunlimited
      @crimeunlimited 3 месяца назад +8

      You wont.

    • @ravenmeyer3740
      @ravenmeyer3740 3 месяца назад +13

      I would.

    • @413smr
      @413smr 3 месяца назад

      I just looked up the incense, Phool. It's available on Amazon, among other websites.

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 3 месяца назад +17

      The solution is actually still to stop producing those stuff in the first place... 😢
      The hell is flower offerings. Just stop producing them. Idol statues too. Etc.

    • @clogs4956
      @clogs4956 3 месяца назад +9

      The incense is readily available, but the clothing has been adopted by Western up-market sellers, which is a shame as it limits the number of potential buyers.
      Edit: the flowers are important to the economy as large numbers of people would, otherwise, be jobless.

  • @abundantharmony
    @abundantharmony 3 месяца назад +2737

    Waste management in India is to dump it ALL into the "holy river" and call it a ritual. Smh. India doesn't have to be this disappointing, but it is. It's so sad.

    • @aoi4eg
      @aoi4eg 3 месяца назад

      Lowkey weird how nobody's suggesting just stop doing it. But I guess religion is only bad when practiced by White people, everybody else gets a free pass on polluting rivers with plastic statues.

    • @zizimugen4470
      @zizimugen4470 3 месяца назад +203

      The US isn’t really better.
      India has a rail system that pretty much everyone can use. The US sold ours to the freight corporations and now rents those same tracks from the corporations.

    • @giganerd6780
      @giganerd6780 3 месяца назад +59

      Flowers, Clay, woods decay eventually

    • @iamrobot396
      @iamrobot396 3 месяца назад

      They are organic waste nothing different than leaves falling in the river. Keep your idiotic westernviews with yourself

    • @iamnot664
      @iamnot664 3 месяца назад

      @@zizimugen4470 Idk what you are trying to prove, India is the dirtiest place in the world. Comparing any country to India is an insult to that country.

  • @kmsh0601
    @kmsh0601 2 месяца назад +31

    I purchased rose and lavender incense sticks from this brand and theyre so wonderful. My grandmother loved it. And what I loved so much about this brand is that they even give you seeds as a go green initiative. Ive received two marigold seeds and I'll plant them soon.

  • @prasathgj
    @prasathgj 3 месяца назад +3

    This is the most wholesome thing I've seen in a while.
    Hats off to these people!
    This is such a splendid work and God bless❤

  • @AndyRiot
    @AndyRiot 3 месяца назад +704

    Rupa is such a beautiful woman - I wish her all the best: success, love, and health. I am so sorry to hear of her struggles. Bless her!

    • @garylefevers
      @garylefevers 3 месяца назад +6

      Amen.

    • @donnakawana
      @donnakawana 2 месяца назад +3

      I just adore Rupa... She's what I call an Earth Angel!!

    • @AndyRiot
      @AndyRiot 2 месяца назад +1

      @@donnakawana 100% The only angels I have ever met have been human, like Rupa.

    • @trivedirupa
      @trivedirupa 2 месяца назад +8

      Thank you so much so much 🙏🏻😊

    • @lj7471
      @lj7471 2 месяца назад

      Get well soon Rupa, so you can continue your great work

  • @iamnotmydepression
    @iamnotmydepression 3 месяца назад +886

    Those fabrics are beautiful, what a fantastic way of preserving the temple offerings.

    • @boohere2
      @boohere2 3 месяца назад +9

      It's better then going to landfill.

    • @iRamUrMother
      @iRamUrMother 3 месяца назад +4

      @@boohere2 they're still going to the land fill, what are you talking about (7:05 as reference)?

    • @rajeshgajwelly9035
      @rajeshgajwelly9035 3 месяца назад +5

      Us indians are intelligent and entrepeneural, it is no surprise we came up with such innovating idea. Due to our superior intellect indians became google, microsoft, ibm CEO.

    • @Zirkzest
      @Zirkzest 3 месяца назад

      Buy it

    • @JiyaYa-sh9vb
      @JiyaYa-sh9vb 2 месяца назад

      Lol😂​@@rajeshgajwelly9035

  • @doloresdaphne8541
    @doloresdaphne8541 3 месяца назад +8

    God bless that genuinely kind hearted woman. Rupa.

  • @kkhanna364
    @kkhanna364 3 месяца назад +9

    Much strength to Rupa, I hope she is healthier now. All of them are doing a wonderful job❤

  • @a.l.a.7847
    @a.l.a.7847 3 месяца назад +351

    So much respect for Mrs. Rupa for creating such a caring and wonderful business and the other entrepreneurs working to create abundance from the stream of "waste" from the temples. 🙌

    • @rajeshgajwelly9035
      @rajeshgajwelly9035 3 месяца назад +1

      As indian there is a reason why we are CEO of microsoft, google, IBM. That is because of our superor intellect and IQ. We also very entrepenural and india will be world leading in technology, the next silicone valley.

  • @maryjanefry
    @maryjanefry 3 месяца назад +464

    Who else wants to see the place that grows all of these flowers?

    • @intuitivediane
      @intuitivediane 3 месяца назад

      I bet they are probably controlled by a very rich man and he is probably aligned to the government

    • @serina091975
      @serina091975 2 месяца назад +24

      Why grow food to feed the people when you can grow billions of flowers

    • @anirudh37
      @anirudh37 2 месяца назад +14

      60% of land in India is used for agriculture

    • @lindalarsson1436
      @lindalarsson1436 2 месяца назад +4

      Clean water needed.
      Clean. Toilets .

    • @losingyouwasnotok8484
      @losingyouwasnotok8484 Месяц назад

      not me india makes me sick

  • @shanac5536
    @shanac5536 2 месяца назад +2

    This is probably the best documentary I've seen about India in my life! What a wonderful and beautiful art they are all doing! I ❤it

  • @ashukumar3564
    @ashukumar3564 3 месяца назад +8

    Really appreciable, You people make me to believe that Right intention can turn waste into wealth 😊

  • @asankajayaweera7212
    @asankajayaweera7212 3 месяца назад +262

    Hats off to these wonderful environmental heroes. They have initiated a great business path and also their approach will educate other people more attentive and sensitive on environmental issues.

    • @DrPeculiar312
      @DrPeculiar312 Месяц назад

      Too bad the people of their country are so rude and wasteful, that they need to do this

    • @cyberpunk409
      @cyberpunk409 19 дней назад +1

      I can guarantee you that saving the environment is the last thing on their mind... Making some money is why they do this.

  • @moncang3265
    @moncang3265 3 месяца назад +772

    That thumbnail looks like a cover of a sick indian music MV

    • @gudboi1944
      @gudboi1944 3 месяца назад +25

      Hahaha he’s about to drop his microphone

    • @user-gb9js6cp6v
      @user-gb9js6cp6v 3 месяца назад +27

      Hindi Nirvana 😅

    • @dulio12385
      @dulio12385 3 месяца назад +8

      Reminds me of Dio's Holy Diver.

    • @samuraiboi2735
      @samuraiboi2735 3 месяца назад

      ​@@user-gb9js6cp6v curt cobain fan

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV 3 месяца назад +6

      Perfect for a Nirvana album cover, if Kurt was still alive.

  • @samstone936
    @samstone936 2 месяца назад +8

    That fabric that they make from these flowers is awesome. I never would’ve thought to do something like that with flowers. I would definitely buy an outfit made like that.

  • @JAnotherday
    @JAnotherday 3 месяца назад +3

    Changing an existing problem while creating something useful and beneficial is the key to everyone's happiness❤

  • @dbuc4671
    @dbuc4671 3 месяца назад +275

    Dumping literally every single type of waste you can think of, into the river, then calling it a "Holy river" the hypocrisy is indescribable
    but on the bright side im glad that people are actually recognizing that this is an issue and coming up with solutions for it

    • @Canyouseemeanna
      @Canyouseemeanna 3 месяца назад +26

      It's the lack of knowledge. Ganga has the fastest cleaning rate and has medicinal qualities to it's water. The water from Ganga river can remain clean for decades if you put it in a bottle. So all these qualities has led to it gaining the title of holy river. But there is a limit to how much a river can self clean. For thousands of years there was only limited pollution so Ganga was able to clean itself. In 2018, Clean Ganga movement was started since then Ganga has become clean again. However this problem still persists in Yamuna.

    • @essee3984
      @essee3984 3 месяца назад

      River has been holy for thousands of years. Trash,plastic and chemicals are an invention of 20th century.

    • @xyutsuoi3765
      @xyutsuoi3765 3 месяца назад

      ​@@Canyouseemeannabrooo are you coping that you have animals in your population peeing, shitting and dumping trash in your "holy river" wtf are you on about?

    • @Shaktiman-dz4vq
      @Shaktiman-dz4vq 3 месяца назад

      @@Canyouseemeannathats bullshit. Studies have literally found fecal matter in the water of ganges.

    • @ahmedelkhwaga2751
      @ahmedelkhwaga2751 3 месяца назад +30

      😂😂😂​@@Canyouseemeanna

  • @robertsas9001
    @robertsas9001 3 месяца назад +281

    All the best for the lady! Good to see people making little changes for the benefit of 🌍

    • @vander9678
      @vander9678 3 месяца назад +2

      until you realize that lady is selling clothing made from it for 100 to 230 usd

    • @josephmedina6403
      @josephmedina6403 3 месяца назад

      They don't show us when they throw away the flowers of our loved ones at cemeteries either if you see it's because it is by chance.

    • @DeedlyDood
      @DeedlyDood 3 месяца назад

      @@josephmedina6403 People shouldn't be buried either. Another wasteful industry.

    • @braveheart2516
      @braveheart2516 3 месяца назад

      ​@@DeedlyDoodwhere else should the dead bodies go?

    • @restezlameme
      @restezlameme 3 месяца назад +3

      @vander9678 Good clothing used to be in that price range. Sweatshops and fast fashion have ruined our world's appreciation for well-made garments. It takes money to pay for the time and effort contributed by artisans, as well as better supplies for them to work with.
      For example, a $35 Wal-Mart purse worn daily would fall apart in as little as a few months. A $300 Coach purse will last at least a decade, and has a lifetime repair warranty. The price may seem steep to us, but over time, it actually costs MORE money to buy the cheap and easy stuff instead.

  • @Asi_de_bello
    @Asi_de_bello 2 месяца назад +3

    All my love ❤❤
    Such a beautiful woman and her workers as well!

  • @mahmoudmousavi9489
    @mahmoudmousavi9489 2 месяца назад +1

    Informative and educational.
    I wish a speedy recovery for Lady Rupa's health.❤ Take care.
    Thank you.

  • @0rsan2010
    @0rsan2010 3 месяца назад +172

    It is a grave concern.
    Over 82000 idols are submerged in waters off mumbai every year.
    People need to wake up to its impact on the environment. ✨✨✨

    • @DeedlyDood
      @DeedlyDood 3 месяца назад +44

      And to wake up to the fact that it's all bullsht.

    • @nandagopalm7232
      @nandagopalm7232 3 месяца назад +7

      Most are clay based these day s

    • @nainasharma8162
      @nainasharma8162 3 месяца назад +23

      People should definitely think about env rather doing all these religious practices...but if say them you will termed as anti hindu... Nobody thinks if Gos will be happy with destroying nature

    • @blobofconsciousness
      @blobofconsciousness 3 месяца назад

      ​Honestly few years back, idols used to be simply clay, no more. These days they are made with toxic paint decorations and plaster of Paris. For convenience and aesthetics. That's where Indians went wrong.. They shouldn't have changed the idols to dolls.​@@nandagopalm7232

    • @surjitpuri4839
      @surjitpuri4839 3 месяца назад +4

      Unfortunately all our religious practices are only polluting every kind of pollution.
      How smart arse could recycle hundred of idols thrown around every tree on which a dog pisses ( later the place is convetd ito a every w a bard - Pracheen Mandir ,in the Centre of the road.

  • @dannylo5875
    @dannylo5875 3 месяца назад +320

    I believe that if the Temples got smart, they would actually get in the business of taking...the offerings and resell or convert them into a form of product into something that would sell internationally. There would be a billion dollar temples. Without the need of excess donations...

    • @jrobbin24
      @jrobbin24 3 месяца назад +19

      There you go now somebody’s thinking

    • @remcovanvliet3018
      @remcovanvliet3018 3 месяца назад +15

      🤫Ssssshhhh! One must NEVER question the need for more donations!
      What, exactly, do you think the purpose of a temple (or a church, a synagogue, or a mosque, it's all the same thing) REALLY is?

    • @elenoreofmysticforests4052
      @elenoreofmysticforests4052 3 месяца назад +54

      @@remcovanvliet3018 Hindu Temples barely get any government assistance (if any at all) while having to pay taxes. Where do you think the money for paying the government, running initiatives like providing food to deprived, providing religious and sometimes general education, maintenance of temple comes from? The Grand Ram temple rn was built purely out of donations of us billion people with no government help

    • @SPII-sh8gc
      @SPII-sh8gc 3 месяца назад +4

      they're not smart enough to manage that.

    • @aasamspb967
      @aasamspb967 3 месяца назад +7

      @@SPII-sh8gc actually they are. They just don't care.

  • @bananapeeler8797
    @bananapeeler8797 3 месяца назад +19

    These are the unsung heroes who make India a responsible country. Thumbs up to them.

  • @yulfawahyuart7806
    @yulfawahyuart7806 3 месяца назад +2

    Thank you to the great people who care about the environment. They are really amazing

  • @Automedon2
    @Automedon2 3 месяца назад +149

    The Indian incense I buy in the US is 10 sticks for $2.50. When you think about importers and wholesalers and the retailer, that's a very small amount right from the factory. I had no idea it was made by hand.

    • @blobofconsciousness
      @blobofconsciousness 3 месяца назад +11

      Yup u should come here and load your goods. There are loads of brands in this industry across India.

    • @ahmody7500
      @ahmody7500 3 месяца назад +2

      In Egypt, these are very cheap that only strolling street vendors sell them and I am not really sure if they're handmade or not, but they're definitely something worthy.

    • @farukhsheikh5790
      @farukhsheikh5790 2 месяца назад +2

      ​​@@ahmody7500 ah, what do they use for? Incense is pretty much used in the temples here, unless the incense is a mosquito repellent.

    • @joejerry7849
      @joejerry7849 Месяц назад

      @@farukhsheikh5790people use it to cover the smell of weed they smoke

    • @nebuladog
      @nebuladog 26 дней назад +3

      Basically everything is made by hand, people just assume its not if its cheap. Cheap does not mean machines made it, it usually means slave labor

  • @folliesofmen2628
    @folliesofmen2628 3 месяца назад +75

    Wish Rupa and Adiv all the best! The brand deserves more appreciation and suppport.

  • @keropi193
    @keropi193 Месяц назад +2

    Love to Rupa and her beautiful team

  • @pandulani
    @pandulani 3 месяца назад +8

    Long live these Indian entrepreneurs who give a second life to things and people!

  • @bobbiobanion7706
    @bobbiobanion7706 3 месяца назад +71

    Loves the incense man giving women who use to have to scavenge for a living...not only is he repurposing the temple flower waste but helping those women go from barely surving to having health benefits. Love these kinds of stories.

    • @blobofconsciousness
      @blobofconsciousness 3 месяца назад +1

      Their products are expensive. But I didn't know this policy of theirs. Would try buying theirs. It doesn't have great rating though...

    • @bobbiobanion7706
      @bobbiobanion7706 3 месяца назад +3

      @@blobofconsciousness really, I hadn't checked. I figured it would be more localized to India, I wonder if they burn longer or the scene throw is further. Hopefully they can fix some of what people are complaining about. As for the price, I'd pay more for a good cause but it must be hard to make even. Like the dye lady has had that company for well over a decade and still isn't making profit.

    • @bobbiobanion7706
      @bobbiobanion7706 3 месяца назад

      @@blobofconsciousness thank you, I found them on Amazon. They are currently $15, down from $19, for two boxes and incense holder each box had 80. They are a bit more expense but not God awful prices and the rating on Amazon is 4 stars. I'm gonna read reviews.

  • @SamadritaDatta-wv5os
    @SamadritaDatta-wv5os 3 месяца назад +70

    5:00 the cat is adorable 💕

  • @user-js3ee5qv6g
    @user-js3ee5qv6g 3 месяца назад +3

    I pray and hope you recover soon Rupa ma’am. It’s wonderful how these entrepreneurs are recycling flowers.

  • @blessedbeauty2293
    @blessedbeauty2293 3 месяца назад +2

    - 8:04 These are such beautiful clothes 😍. I am so glad to see waste being turned into useful items. 🗑 💜

  • @Aspiron-gk8tq
    @Aspiron-gk8tq 3 месяца назад +108

    Thumbnail was wild

  • @AmandaComeauCreates
    @AmandaComeauCreates 3 месяца назад +34

    Composting
    Vermicomposting (black soldier flies as food for chickens and fish)
    Biodigestion for cooking gases or energy
    Lots of options for investors who want to create jobs for people :)

  • @ijahnnamesheal7760
    @ijahnnamesheal7760 23 дня назад

    I love this idea of using the blessed flowers to dye clothing! It's like they are then blessing the clothes 🫶🏽

  • @Pink-cq5yl
    @Pink-cq5yl 3 месяца назад +1

    This is a great news. Seeing some people really take a step to preserve the environment.

  • @AMlee-wx8vw
    @AMlee-wx8vw 3 месяца назад +89

    Even though it's really sad to see the rivers so polluted, Indians are really so smart. How innovative it is recycle these waste and make incense, garments etc. Hats off!!!
    Would love to own some Adiv clothes.❤

    • @pinkz7911
      @pinkz7911 3 месяца назад

      no@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5

    • @dinesh6489
      @dinesh6489 3 месяца назад +10

      Guys it's just 10% only. Have u seen ganga and yamuna?? Kasi and Varanasi ??😂😂

    • @Xyz04
      @Xyz04 3 месяца назад +1

      Ganta ka smart indians

    • @uniquehandleidk12zedm
      @uniquehandleidk12zedm 3 месяца назад +1

      @RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 jesus bows to krishna

    • @gauravsharma_7
      @gauravsharma_7 3 месяца назад +1

      @@dinesh6489 all the cities on the bank of Yamuna and Ganga are needed to undergo brown field project, It is so suffocating to see them in such condition. Government knows to extract taxes but not to return to those states which need them the most.

  • @cameronhermann9400
    @cameronhermann9400 3 месяца назад +13

    This venture is both brilliant and beautiful, I hope it has nothing but positive impacts on everything it is involved with

  • @kmm9721
    @kmm9721 2 месяца назад +1

    What a nice video. It’s a interesting and blessed work.

  • @wendy908527
    @wendy908527 2 месяца назад

    Miss Rupa, you are still in the fight!!! Bless this woman ❤️

  • @1Fang
    @1Fang 3 месяца назад +24

    They "worship" river and look at what they do to the river. Imaging when they say they "love" their family. I'm honestly scared for women and children there.

    • @jeemugan
      @jeemugan 3 месяца назад +3

      Hahaha funny. If u r too concerned, then go there and do something

    • @ScooterCat64
      @ScooterCat64 3 месяца назад +8

      @@jeemugan That's a silly comment. There's nothing a person can do about the condition of India, but a person can still be concerned about it regardless

    • @cosmicstar5151
      @cosmicstar5151 3 месяца назад +4

      You dont have to be, we are doing fine.

  • @ubergeek1968
    @ubergeek1968 3 месяца назад +133

    For a culture that "respects and is connected to nature" they sure do treat nature like a sewer

    • @essee3984
      @essee3984 3 месяца назад +15

      Trash and urban/ industrial waste are fairly recent phenomena. There's no harm in disposing off organic things like flowers or clay sculptures into water bodies. The problem is the introduction of pesticides and synthetic colours.

    • @lilblkrose
      @lilblkrose 3 месяца назад +6

      "Disrespectful to throw into the trash"
      Throws trash on the trashed flowers...

    • @ubergeek1968
      @ubergeek1968 3 месяца назад

      @@essee3984 Indians even throw CORPSES into the Ganges!

    • @dsbdsb6637
      @dsbdsb6637 3 месяца назад +13

      It is easy to criticize without context. Many practices got disconnected from environment they developed in during colonization & modernity.
      Book abt. one of these practices - Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India

    • @had7669
      @had7669 3 месяца назад

      not everything is the result of colonization, are these people not able to use their brains @@dsbdsb6637

  • @irawilliams343
    @irawilliams343 3 месяца назад +10

    All my prayers go to Rupa. Her business needs to continue as it is helping her country and the environment.

  • @Minzy1995
    @Minzy1995 6 дней назад

    Now..... this is a good video about India♥️.......... love 🫰🏻

  • @Facetiously.Esoteric
    @Facetiously.Esoteric 3 месяца назад +177

    It's so insane. The Harappan people who created Indian as a culture had sewers, baths, and plumbing four thousand years ago. They based their society on cleanliness and are known for having well-built thoughtfully planned out cities and homes. Their urban planning was literally thousands of years ahead of most of the world. They were already trading goods that would make it to what would be Europe eventually.
    And now this is what India has become. The most overpopulated and polluted country in the world. The top three most polluted countries are India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Which were all one country until the British decided to destroy a country out of spite.

    • @ReclusiveEagle
      @ReclusiveEagle 3 месяца назад +66

      This is what Colonialism and "Industrialization" have done. Destroyed native industries and skills in order to introduce machines to extract work from people like it's a resource. India and China used to produce high quality fabric at the cheapest prices as their default exports. Now we have the cheapest fabrics made for synthetic trash at low to high prices with higher quality fabrics being exclusive to the wealthy. Is it really such a bad thing if China and India are working together to regain their lost status? America seems to think so. But then again, America and Britain have shoehorned us into capitalism where we can no longer survive without being slaves to an exploitative organization and work 9-5 while they also attempt to control their brand image through you by censoring every aspect of your life and what you can post, wear or say.

    • @pepperroni6252
      @pepperroni6252 3 месяца назад

      Colonisation didn't cause this, the corruption of the Governments makes this happen. During the British rule the streets were clean it was when they left it went downhill.

    • @YoutubeVagabond
      @YoutubeVagabond 3 месяца назад +4

      Irrelevant but good try

    • @Facetiously.Esoteric
      @Facetiously.Esoteric 3 месяца назад +20

      @RUclipsVagabond If you think the point is irrelevant, then you are why we have the saying " Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it! "(George Santayana-1905).

    • @jant3566
      @jant3566 3 месяца назад +28

      ⁠@@ReclusiveEaglethe UK hasn’t controlled India for quite a long time, can’t blame everything on them

  • @victoriabaker4400
    @victoriabaker4400 3 месяца назад +21

    Rupa is such a lovely person. Prayers for her complete recovery. 🌈

  • @Wiggie_Wiggie
    @Wiggie_Wiggie 3 месяца назад +15

    Such innovative startups are in rise in India. Converting used offerings into something economical creates a economic cycle. Every large temple in India provides employment to thousands of people in diverse sectors.

    • @lugartan3418
      @lugartan3418 3 месяца назад

      Thank god I am not indian 😌

  • @whynugs
    @whynugs Месяц назад +1

    it's like a whole different world when u see inside the workshop and then see the streets/river

  • @protanaman1887
    @protanaman1887 3 месяца назад +31

    Perusahaan yang luarbiasa&menakjubkan,
    memanfaatkan bunga-bunga yang sudah tidak terpakai menjadi corak&pewarna pada kain,menjadikan bahan campuran untuk membuat dupa,,,
    Sungguh pekerjaan mulia&sangat luarbiasa🙏

  • @Spee33
    @Spee33 3 месяца назад +16

    Ooh! those fabrics look stunning!

  • @blessedbeauty2293
    @blessedbeauty2293 3 месяца назад +1

    - 14:53 I hope && pray she will make it out && survive this cancer. 🙏🏽 She has an amazing team 👏🏽 ❤️ Stay strong 💪🏽 💙

  • @khaylanlalla4164
    @khaylanlalla4164 3 месяца назад

    Great video, very informative!

  • @Yadavendra.
    @Yadavendra. 3 месяца назад +98

    I know that many people will criticize India for its treatment of our rivers and they should also do so because it is our loss to pollute the river. A campaign to clean rivers is being run on a large scale all over India, soon we Indians will be successful in this because we want to see our country progressing in all fields.

    • @lonesomefencesitter3186
      @lonesomefencesitter3186 3 месяца назад +11

      I am not an Indian, nor I am a Hindu.
      However, India have my good wish and prayer that they will succeed in cleaning their rivers.
      After all, I am still a human who live on the same earth.
      **laugh**

    • @Yadavendra.
      @Yadavendra. 3 месяца назад

      @@Joe-sg9ll Of course we know that America, China are the biggest polluters in the world, they always want to destroy other countries by any means. Whereas India has 0% chance of market coming in India and is the only economy which is growing fastest. Even big reputed institutions like Jeffrey, Moody's believe the same. We are less developed. The family structure in India is very strong. We Indians do not leave our elder parents alone. We consider taking care of them as our duty. This is what makes India great, we are the only surviving civilization from the barbaric Islamic invaders and Christian missionaries and we are growing, then you have a big problem.

    • @Yadavendra.
      @Yadavendra. 3 месяца назад +15

      @@lonesomefencesitter3186 When you say that I am not an Indian, then it is clear that you are not a Hindu either. Because Hindus and Indians are complementary to each other, without Hindus there is no India, just like Pakistan and Bangladesh were part of the Indian subcontinent just a few years ago. The Hindu community was eliminated from there by any means, massacre, forced conversion, now India does not match there at all.
      Both are Islamic nations, they are democracies only in name, in reality there is no democracy in both the countries.

    • @lonesomefencesitter3186
      @lonesomefencesitter3186 3 месяца назад

      @@Yadavendra. I see, I will tell my friends in Bali that the Indian consider them Fake Hindu. that only Indian are Hindus. **Laugh**

    • @ABEYMUS76
      @ABEYMUS76 3 месяца назад +2

      😂😂

  • @timothy4664
    @timothy4664 3 месяца назад +9

    Watching videos like this make me feel good

  • @keangwooichoo6138
    @keangwooichoo6138 3 месяца назад +1

    Bravo. Salute. Rivers are so polluted in india. Cities are polluted

  • @Vivian_Alice
    @Vivian_Alice 2 месяца назад +1

    It's a closed circle. Give and take. All business should be like this.

  • @_GMP_
    @_GMP_ 3 месяца назад +82

    Flowers can be turned into fertilizers

    • @Lizbrid
      @Lizbrid 3 месяца назад +18

      I guess that amount of flowers can affect the PH of the soil, so it'd be nice for a while but can't be a permanent solution.

    • @DD-lg6yl
      @DD-lg6yl 3 месяца назад

      😂

    • @violetta278
      @violetta278 3 месяца назад +1

      I wonder why nobody thought that.
      It's a Good idea. You should Start a Business in India 😂.

    • @shivamanand3686
      @shivamanand3686 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@violetta278there are already startup doing that

  • @lailaali8250
    @lailaali8250 3 месяца назад +53

    You create something, Worship it and then dump it😢

    • @tivo3720
      @tivo3720 3 месяца назад +20

      Bcz the idols r not God it's the representation

    • @SaltedBadly
      @SaltedBadly 3 месяца назад +12

      @@tivo3720then why dont you worship micheal jackson? Hes definitely impacted more lives than the idols you worship.

    • @pratikshyasatpathy9206
      @pratikshyasatpathy9206 3 месяца назад +3

      The idol is made of clay, and it decays. Research bro.!!

    • @SodiumSyndicate
      @SodiumSyndicate 3 месяца назад +2

      The flowers and clay statues increase the nutrition and fertility of the river waters which then get deposited into fertile farmlands downstream.

    • @inezaa
      @inezaa 3 месяца назад

      @@tivo3720still, they should be recused

  • @kristaborrero921
    @kristaborrero921 20 дней назад

    That's Awesome I Hope The Best For You

  • @user-bq5jg2mr6k
    @user-bq5jg2mr6k 2 месяца назад +8

    India just needs another million innovated people like this to deal with their waste and India will be a much better place. The same goes for 99% of countries around the world.

    • @sweetsweet3753
      @sweetsweet3753 29 дней назад

      nope not 99% of the countries around the world... i can list at least 40 that dont litter. Why dont you go and visit Bhutan (Indias neighbour) and they will teach India how its done!!!

    • @user-bq5jg2mr6k
      @user-bq5jg2mr6k 28 дней назад

      @@sweetsweet3753 That's good to hear👍

    • @reginageorgetownuni
      @reginageorgetownuni 4 дня назад

      It all starts at the individual level.

  • @askerman3228
    @askerman3228 3 месяца назад +13

    Its crazy how they bow their head to an idol and then throw it the garbage

  • @tashalynn29
    @tashalynn29 3 месяца назад +8

    I would happily go over there for a month just to workin her shop depetaling the flowers all day

  • @keropi193
    @keropi193 Месяц назад +1

    The dalmation patterned fabric from the petals is so pretty :0

  • @vigneshmoorthy4141
    @vigneshmoorthy4141 3 месяца назад

    Hatsoff rupa madam(hope you get well soon) and all,love from bangalore,india

  • @The_truth85
    @The_truth85 3 месяца назад +183

    Polluting in the name of religion... A threat to human life.

    • @epsilon_music
      @epsilon_music 3 месяца назад +19

      It's amazing how contrasting the actions are. At this point, the worship feel like an excuse. "God, forgive me for I am about to pollute the river you so carefully created"

    • @erikpienk
      @erikpienk 3 месяца назад

      On a larger scale polluting in the name of development, or money, or fame.... list goes on.... we humans are destructive.

    • @HhshhsHh-dw3qq
      @HhshhsHh-dw3qq 3 месяца назад

      ​@@mooniswani1873 islam and Christianity: world destruction and genocide

    • @blankspace.simulation
      @blankspace.simulation 3 месяца назад +8

      they're humiliating their gods by throwing them into the river and letting cows scattered on the roads causing massive accidents.

    • @baseder514
      @baseder514 3 месяца назад +2

      what I just can't understand is how people can look at a religion like this and another religion that is more sound (like basically any abrahamic religion) and still choose this one. i understand that there it is a bit of a problem if you choose something else, i mean the muslims there have seen how bad it can get, but it still is weird.

  • @ziggyc3004
    @ziggyc3004 3 месяца назад +7

    What a beautiful example of how India is able to innovate.

  • @yukiefromoz2573
    @yukiefromoz2573 3 месяца назад +4

    Very innovative.

  • @alpacaofthemountain8760
    @alpacaofthemountain8760 2 месяца назад

    Hats off to these people. They are doing amazing work. They should get government support and subsidies instead of big corporations.

  • @SoubhagyaP719
    @SoubhagyaP719 3 месяца назад +10

    Cutting trees in Christmas 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 is saving Life.

  • @gauravsharma_7
    @gauravsharma_7 3 месяца назад +21

    India really needs reforms and revolution.

    • @gauravsharma_7
      @gauravsharma_7 2 месяца назад +1

      @@fish6760 Nope, we don't more garbage here!!.. keep your garbage upto your home..

    • @theonethatexists
      @theonethatexists Месяц назад +2

      ​@@fish6760Dead man on cross?

    • @Rudra-rf5cn
      @Rudra-rf5cn Месяц назад +2

      ​@@fish6760That pin cushioned Hobo??

    • @smtkumar007
      @smtkumar007 Месяц назад

      @@theonethatexists at least that dead man people don't have rituals of pollution

    • @cupcakzbacpud9502
      @cupcakzbacpud9502 Месяц назад +1

      @fish6760 tf

  • @varsity1618
    @varsity1618 3 месяца назад

    10:43 in downtown Los Angeles, theres the flower district and while the vendors get customers year round, it makes me think of ways they're also trying to keep things clean.
    One positive aspect of all the flowers is there is a slow rise in native flowers being sold and attracting more bees (solitary and hive) to pollinate in front of the store directly. A bit of nature slowly coming in to LA. Hopefully we see more recycle techniques like we see here in the video over here as well.

  • @wandapease-gi8yo
    @wandapease-gi8yo 3 месяца назад

    When I saw the use for flower recycling as incense I remembered using the rose petals from our rose garden to make scented rose beads to include in necklaces and bracelets for our club to sell.

  • @AiMg2
    @AiMg2 3 месяца назад +28

    How wonderfully the flowers from Dargah and the flowers from Mandir blends together... such harmony ♥ (*edited* I'm sorry for my mistake)

    • @iamnot664
      @iamnot664 3 месяца назад +20

      Don't lump us in with these weirdos. We don't use flowers in mosques.

    • @SEELE-ONE
      @SEELE-ONE 3 месяца назад +3

      @@iamnot664 I was gonna comment "now let's see the worshipers" and surprise! Someone had already come to make my point!

    • @vamsikrishna2k
      @vamsikrishna2k 3 месяца назад

      ​@@iamnot664u r paedos here man and wierdos

    • @anaskhoiri3653
      @anaskhoiri3653 3 месяца назад +1

      Nobody use flower for pray in mosque just like church (just practice no wasted) flower just used when visiting grave

    • @iamnot664
      @iamnot664 3 месяца назад

      @DeeprajChauhan-oh8vv I don't understand peasant language but I can smell the hate. Stinky 😷

  • @error7329
    @error7329 Месяц назад +5

    Shameless country never fails to amuse me 😂😂😂

  • @MompreneurDiary
    @MompreneurDiary 3 месяца назад +1

    Hell yeah with these companies Be Blessed 🙌 😇

  • @jreyes1149
    @jreyes1149 2 месяца назад +1

    ‘Even a drop makes a difference.’ Yes it does!! ❤

  • @Geo_Mapper_5000
    @Geo_Mapper_5000 3 месяца назад +8

    Hindu be like: *alright ram you no longer are use full* 😂😂😂😂

    • @NotYoutube-cp3qg
      @NotYoutube-cp3qg 3 месяца назад +1

      Born in a Hindu family i would say it's a curse, hate god why I'm not born in American family

  • @joshuacherian6718
    @joshuacherian6718 3 месяца назад +18

    Temple business is the biggest and ever growing business model of India... 😀😀😆

    • @lilacghoste8366
      @lilacghoste8366 3 месяца назад +5

      Just like churches in USA

    • @Dashnami_Hindu
      @Dashnami_Hindu 2 месяца назад +1

      Like rice bags😂

    • @joshuacherian6718
      @joshuacherian6718 2 месяца назад +2

      @@Dashnami_Hindu Modi is begging votes in rice growing states of South India... 😜🤪

    • @Dashnami_Hindu
      @Dashnami_Hindu 2 месяца назад +1

      @@joshuacherian6718 according to your bullshit logic every political leader Is beggar🤣🤣
      Rice bag coverts showing that they don't even have a basic sense

    • @blazer9547
      @blazer9547 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Dashnami_Hindu rice bags>> gobar bags

  • @gravendanger8551
    @gravendanger8551 25 дней назад

    Im glad that people are improvising and reusing flowers for incense and clothing ^^

  • @user-sm6od4tx2p
    @user-sm6od4tx2p Месяц назад

    Such beautiful fabric and every shirt and scarf is unique.

  • @adurpandya2742
    @adurpandya2742 3 месяца назад +5

    This is why I avoid buying new idols in the first place, until the old ones just wear or rust away.

  • @gtrfreak
    @gtrfreak 3 месяца назад +10

    4:50 bonus kittys 😊

  • @momosweet9793
    @momosweet9793 3 месяца назад +1

    Amazing,these hero❤❤

  • @bartc561
    @bartc561 2 месяца назад

    Good news from India :)

  • @lunaa2244
    @lunaa2244 3 месяца назад +5

    smart and wonderful people with noble intentions

  • @krymsun3134
    @krymsun3134 3 месяца назад +3

    >Worship the river as a holy being
    >Shit, piss, throw your garbage into it
    lol

  • @laurenmoreno
    @laurenmoreno Месяц назад

    India has such a beautiful culture it’s sad that it got so polluted. Wonderful that they’re making effort to reduce waste.

  • @aranyaadhw
    @aranyaadhw 3 месяца назад +1

    love to see startups doing good to the humankind.

  • @3KPK3
    @3KPK3 3 месяца назад +8

    This sort of stuff is why India is still a developing country currently.

  • @BJustChillin420
    @BJustChillin420 3 месяца назад +79

    The way they treat their rivers is repulsive 🤢

    • @royalanempire2965
      @royalanempire2965 3 месяца назад +32

      And yet it's supposedly "sacred" to them. I call bullshit.

    • @theabhishekmondal
      @theabhishekmondal 3 месяца назад +10

      those statue made with bamboo, Grass and soil... totally okey for River!! Dumb!!
      For some it's "Sacred" I Call it " Our rich and colourful culture"
      And for western people culture is "School soothing" And "Drug addict streets" 😆😆😆

    • @shellyu1442
      @shellyu1442 3 месяца назад +10

      @@theabhishekmondalnot after they paint it and put all those organic/nonorganic “offerings” on it

    • @nevermind1534
      @nevermind1534 3 месяца назад +6

      ​@@theabhishekmondalthe plaster ones sure aren't.

    • @ravenmeyer3740
      @ravenmeyer3740 3 месяца назад +1

      Ever think about what we do to ours?

  • @brimontXP
    @brimontXP 2 месяца назад

    That is awesome recycling flowers. What a great thing.

  • @OmiPre
    @OmiPre 3 месяца назад

    Good nothing should go to waste....those are precious flowers.

  • @amrutkara1072
    @amrutkara1072 3 месяца назад +35

    Next time @BusinessInsider should do a video on how US fails to handle millions of tons of christmas waste

    • @jonathanyoung8109
      @jonathanyoung8109 3 месяца назад +18

      We don’t dump it in a River

    • @theultimateshield5133
      @theultimateshield5133 3 месяца назад +19

      Why take offence instead of seeing dd news which whole day does nothing but follow modi here and there, atleast some of these channels are showing what work is actually making an impact.

    • @jrobbin24
      @jrobbin24 3 месяца назад +4

      They already did that they are using trees to rebuild coast lines maybe if you were paying attention people wouldn’t have to tell you this

    • @nemesiszz
      @nemesiszz 3 месяца назад +5

      Halloween waste is even more.

    • @MeGustaWHAT
      @MeGustaWHAT 3 месяца назад +14

      A problem is a problem - pointing out another problem doesn't make India's issues any better or worse.

  • @tonymacintosh3744
    @tonymacintosh3744 29 дней назад

    Fascinating.

  • @gurmeetgrewal1481
    @gurmeetgrewal1481 3 месяца назад

    Wish you all the best Rupa

  • @shaneintegra
    @shaneintegra 3 месяца назад +54

    Thats insane they just treat the river like a garbage disposal... and a toilet... then also drink and bath in it 🤣💀

    • @rahulchakraborty4863
      @rahulchakraborty4863 3 месяца назад +4

      Nobody drinks water directly from rivers nowadays

    • @devol3829
      @devol3829 3 месяца назад

      Some indian said the water is holy and safe, drank from it and died a week after, nobody drinks from it.

    • @aryankushwaha1964
      @aryankushwaha1964 3 месяца назад +1

      @@rahulchakraborty4863don’t man they will always treat us like shit now matter what we do

    • @theabhishekmondal
      @theabhishekmondal 3 месяца назад

      Those stacthose statue made with bamboo, Grass and soil... totally okey for River!! Dumb!!

    • @sherlynfernandes8864
      @sherlynfernandes8864 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@aryankushwaha1964you do realise that those rivers are ecosystems for millions of life forms, like fish, turtles, algae, frogs etc. Moreover, wildlife also consume that water. So yea, shaneintegra isn't wrong. What is wrong is the practice of polluting the rivers.....