There is a really deep well inside me.
And in it dwells God.
Sometimes I’m there too.
But more often stones and grit block it
And God is buried beneath.
— Etty Hillesum, 20th century.

The Ashram priest, Giridhar operates a wooden pulley to draw water in a brass container (kalasam). This is an essential part of liturgical life of Ashram puja, purification rituals, and abhishekam using spring-fed water without modern contaminants.
When Ramana Maharshi’s mother was interred at the foot of Arunachala, earth was scooped out for a platform around her samadhi. When water in the crevice did not dry up, Bhagavan Ramana asked them to dig a pit three feet wide and three feet deep. Once done, water began flowing and the excavated site revealed itself to be a perennial spring which never dried up, eventually becoming a full-service well. —