Saturday, June 26, 2010

In Holy Varanasi, Get frogs married, pray for rain !

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Varanasi : Following a delayed monsoon, locals in holy city of Varanasi organised the mythical marriage of frogs to please the rain gods on Thursday.

They prayed that the weather gods would open up the skies and bless them with ample rainfall.

The unbearable heat and no signs of monsoon had compelled them to organise the wedding of frogs to invoke divine powers of the rain gods.

At one of such venues, the local priest solemnised the marriage to the chanting of hymns from the Hindu scriptures during which he even applied vermilion on the forehead of the female frog. Read More................In Holy Varanasi, Get frogs married, pray for rain !

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1 Comments:

Anonymous hotel agon berlin said...

It has already started raining heavily.Thanks for the prayer.

12:12 PM  

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