Author's Name:	Mohammad Zakir Hossain
Subject Area:	Social Science and Humanities
Subject	Other
Section	Research Paper

Water in human body, water user in religious faiths, various use of water.

This paper discusses about the utmost importance of water both from medical and religious points of view. In particular, the paper highlights that water is not only precious for human life, it also vital to all lives in the planet. It points out that water is very much useful in every aspect of our lives including household consumption, flower and vegetable gardens, restaurants, hospitals, laundries, dry cleaners, golf courses, hotels, car washes, beauty shops, barber shops, gas stations, health clubs as well as many other business activities, hydroelectric plants, industries, recreations, and so on. Water is considered a purifier in most religious faiths. Major faiths such as Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, Shinto, Taoism, and Wicca that consider ritual washing (ablution) with water.