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The Holy Well, where the water was first bottled on a commercial scale. The well is believed to be the oldest bottling plant in the world, and now bottles under the name Holywell Spring Water. Malvern water is a natural spring water from the Malvern Hills on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire in England. [1]
Gremuchiy spring is also simply called Gremuchka spring, or Holy spring, or Holy spring of Our Lady of the Don. [1] According to a legend the spring received his Name ― Gremuchiy from Peter I, when he was passing by and heard a loud noise of the spring water. [2] The stream is situated close to the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov.
[7] [9] The Holy Well was subsequently leased to John and Henry Cuff, who bottled there until the 1960s. [10] [11] [12] The Holy Well became derelict until 2009 when with the aid of a Lottery Heritage grant, production of 1200 bottles per day of Holy Well Spring Water was recommenced by an independent family-owned company. [10]
A holy well or sacred spring is a well, spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christian or pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy wells is often thought to have healing qualities, through the numinous presence of its guardian spirit or Christian saint .
The water is collected in a cistern, and dispensed via a system of taps near the shrine, where pilgrims may drink it or collect it in bottles or other containers to take with them. The original spring can be seen within the Grotto, lit from below, and protected by a glass screen. Lourdes water in individual plastic bottles for distribution
Mary's Well in 1839, by David Roberts, from The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia Mary's Well in Nazareth, 2005.. Mary's Well (Arabic: عين العذراء, ʿAin il- ʿadhrāʾ or "The spring of the Virgin Mary") is reputed to be located at the site where, according to one Christian tradition associated with the apocryphal Gospel of James, Archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary ...
Its chalybeate water (containing traces of iron) was reputed to have healing properties. [ 3 ] The well eventually became a place of pilgrimage and an oratory in honour of Saint Blaise was built close by (Bromley, and the west Kent area in general, was dependent on the wool trade of which Blaise was the patron saint ).
Tirta Empul temple (Indonesian: Pura Tirta Empul) is a Hindu Balinese water temple located near the town of Tampaksiring, Bali, Indonesia. The temple compound consists of a petirtaan or bathing structure, famous for its holy spring water, where Balinese Hindus go to for a ritual purification called Melukat.