Gau Jal

O Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, principal grupo de cultura hindu da Índia, desenvolveu o Gau Jal, ou Água de Vaca, em seu centro de pesquisas na cidade sagrada de Haridwar, no Rio Ganges, e espera que o produto venha a ser oferecido no mercado como alternativa "saudável" à Coca-Cola e Pepsi.

Muitos adeptos do hinduísmo consomem urina e fezes bovinas em bebidas por suas propriedades "provedoras de saúde". Em alguns estados da Índia, os dejetos bovinos são vendidos em lojas de produtos lácteos ao lado de leite e iogurte, e empresas de produtos da saúde "ayurvédicos" fazem até pasta de dentes e tônicos que se propõem a curar males que vão de queixas do fígado a diabetes e câncer. Credita-se à urina também propriedades desinfetantes.

Agora, os indianos terão à disposição o "gau ark", ou urina de vaca, sob o nome de Gau Jal, ou Água de Vaca, em forma de refrigerante curativo.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, India's leading Hindu cultural group, has developed Gau Jal or Cow Water, at its research centre in the Indian holy city of Haridwar on the River Ganges, and hopes it will be marketed as a 'healthy' alternative to Coke and Pepsi.

Hindus worship cows for their life-sustaining dairy products, but many also consume bovine urine and faeces in drinks and spice mixes for their "health-giving" properties.

In some Indian states, cow dung and urine are sold in regular dairy shops alongside milk and yogurt, and "ayurvedic" Indian health food companies make porridge, toothpaste and tonic drinks which claim to cure ailments ranging from liver complaints to diabetes and cancer. The urine is also believed to have disinfectant properties.

Now, the RSS's Cow Protection Department has invented a new urine-based soft drink it hopes will promote its health-giving properties to a wider market. "We refer to gau ark (cow urine) as gau jal (cow water) as it has immense potential to cure various diseases. We have developed a soft drink formula with gau jal as the base and it has been sent to a laboratory at Lucknow for testing," said director Om Prakash.