Directive: EXAMINE Intro → Components → Qualification → Conclusion

Intro → Faith ≠ ecological immunity. CPCB 2025: 296 polluted stretches; Yamuna BOD 83 mg/l (27× safe limit). Scale has converted personal devotion into collective ecological harm.

C1 → BOD/oxygen depletion → aquatic suffocation → dead stretches. C2 → Eutrophication → algal blooms → biodiversity collapse. C3 → Legal gap → Water Act + Art.21 binding, but no explicit law on milk/flower/oil offerings; Art.25 non-absolute yet unenforced. C4 → Scale problem → Varanasi: 1,250L milk+oil + 5T flowers daily at minimal offering; per capita limits alone insufficient.

Qualification → NGT 2020 idol immersion guidelines exist but partial; political sensitivity blocks uniform enforcement.

Conclusion → Explicit Water Act guidelines + site-specific collection infra + eco-alternatives via religious leadership + NGT jurisdiction expansion.