Water and religion

thumb|Mosul, on the bank of the Tigris, 1861

300px|thumb|Pactolus river The Pactolus (), also called Chrysorrhoas (Χρυσορρόας), the modern Sart Çayı or "", is a river near the Aegean coast of Turkey. The river rises from Mount Tmolus, flows through the ruins of the ancient city of Sardis, and empties into the Gediz River, the ancient Hermus.

thumb|alt=Refer to caption|The '''' at Ryōan-ji temple in Kyoto

thumb|Night misogi under a waterfall at Tsubaki Grand Shrine

thumb|Chōzu-ya at rural Make-jinja thumb|A sign (read right-to-left) explains how to do chōzu thumb|Inside a pavilion, performing chōzu is a Shinto water ablution pavilion for a ceremonial purification rite known as temizu or . The pavilion contains a large water-filled basin called a .

mythological motif representing the world or cosmos as enveloped by primordial waters

thumb|Chōzubachi at a temple thumb|Performing temizu from a domestic chōzu-bachi, 1910s. A , or water bowl, is a vessel used to rinse the hands in Japanese temples, shrines and gardens. Usually made of stone, it plays an important role in the tea ceremony. Guests use it to wash their hands before entering the tearoom, a practice originally adapted from the custom of rinsing one’s mouth and cleansing one’s body in the chōzuya before entering the sacred precincts of a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple.

Vedic Sanskrit term for "water"

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rock-cut monument in Fars, Iran