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You can see it is not only tradition but also a modern technique being utilized here. It is a good combination of the old and the new. Here you can see the black plastic sheet in detail. After this plastic sheet comes, again, this stone—this copper stone. Following the plastic planning, these stone slabs are added. This photo shows a state where the construction of the Talāb was very advanced. By 2004, the main Talāb was finished. However, after that, some additional plastic work was done. So, in 2011, if I am correct—I hope I am right—it was fully completed. This is our construction of the Talāb. Here you can see the hole without water. I think with water it looks much nicer. Another part of the project is the water supply during drought. As you can see here, it started in 2009, in the springtime, and continued into 2010. Many tractor tankers delivered water daily. You can see that it also costs a lot of money to provide water, especially to these villages which are in need. So, everyone who would like to donate a little money is welcome to support this project. We also delivered much water to the animals, not only domestic animals but also wildlife. As you can see here, Swāmījī Māraśe wished that no living creature be without drinking water in this area. It is, of course, also a concern for us, and especially for Swāmījī, that all animals, house animals as well as wild animals, have the opportunity to access drinking water. At the end, I just want to briefly show you the current rainwater situation here in the ashram these days. I tried with my camera to capture the whole Talāb, but it was not possible because it is so big. You can see that it is almost completely dry, only on this left edge. In the back, you can see one small pond which still has water. The situation as it is today is that we have very, very little water left on the bottom of the Talāb, or this water tank. In the left corner, you can see something else; otherwise, you can see mainly these collected sediments from the rainwater and the dehydration of the ground. What I forgot to say until now is that there is also a great deal of wildlife that came because of the Talāb. Many frogs are inside this Talāb, turtles also, and birds live from it. So, through this Talāb, the wildlife has also changed here in Jadan. Natürlich hat sich auch dadurch vieles ergeben, durch dieses große Wasserbecken, durch diesen Talāb, vor allem auch in der Natur. Viele Tiere haben sich hier angesiedelt. Wir haben Fische im Talāb, wir haben Schildkröten, eine Menge von verschiedenen Vogelarten. I had never fished in my life before and would not have thought I would have the opportunity here. But a few weeks ago, we started trying to rescue the fish. We fished them with improvised nets and tried to bring them into some other tanks with clean and fresh water. This was not an easy task for us amateurs, but it was also very much fun to do this in the ashram. If you want to see some pictures about this and more details, you can also go to the website www.omashram.com. There is a section about this with photos. Wenn ihr mehr Interesse habt, das Ganze anzuschauen und auch mehr Informationen darüber haben wollt, braucht ihr nur auf die Webseite zu gehen, omashram.com. Dort werdet ihr Informationen finden, auch über den Bau und so weiter. We also have a lake, which has been completely dry since 2010. This is the Mansarovar Lake, and it is pretty much close to the small mountain Kailash. We also have a small lake here, which we call the Mansarovar Lake, which has been completely dry since 2010. It is about almost 40 meters deep down, and you can see some reflection of water deep down. Here is one picture of the inside. There you can maybe—I don't see it now on the screen—but maybe you can see some reflection of the water deep down. Here the water level is also very low. I think it's about 13 meters. 43, sorry. That was completely wrong information. Here in this fountain, the water level is about 34 meters deep. At last, we can just hope for good rain this year. I hope that I can see with my own eyes that the tank gets completely filled, or half filled. That is also good, very good. So, I hope rain will come. In the end, the hope dies, and we hope to have good rain this year, and that I can see for the first time, while I am here, how slowly the Talāb is filling, or half full, or whatever it will be. Good rain is essential. And you can see how dry this water is for the children also. You can also see here that every rain that falls here is very welcome and something very special for the children.