He had even succumbed to what he contemptuosly called the 'Allopathic medicine'. He disapproved most normal behavior and was getting more and more frustrated that nobody was paying any attention to his words of wisdom. He had become a consummate cynic. He had also become increasingly religious, practicing his own brand of it. That is useless.
Nobody gets it from there.
You should always get 'Ganga Jal' from Prayag. Others don't have the same holy properties. When I was leaving for the USA, he was strangely cool to the whole idea. He saw an abandonment. First his son moved to a new city and now his grandson is moving to a new country.