Hindus on this forum can confirm this…one of the main reasons Hindus never ventured beyond what was called Hindustan or Bharat…
it was their religion that forbade Hindus from crossing oceans…
One of my fellow workers a Hindu from the Brahmin Caste when he returned home to Bombay after finishing his studies was stopped outside his home by his Mother, She only let him in after the Mali (Grounds Keeper) had totally drenched him with a garden hose…to purify him because he had crossed oceans!
I know it does not seem to matter anymore because travelling by Air you do not have to go through water…
