Man weds Hill

In Jharkhand state of India in a hope to ward off the naxal menace, a tribal man has married a hillock.

Nandi Munda, a married man with two children, applied 'sindoor' on a rock of a hillock known as 'Lakhaisini', with a hope to cease the menace in his village Bhomru in naxal-hit Ghatsila sub-division of East Singhbhum district.

Asked for the reason of marrying the hillock, Munda claimed he had dreamt of the hill goddess directing him to marry the hillock to save the village from naxal activities. Read more......................Man weds hillock to curb naxal menace

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Teen boy Marries a Hill in India

Isn't it weird that someone marries a hill so that his mother could "clear herself of a curse". The rationale behind all such things can never be ascertained as these are simply beyond any reason.

Here is this 16-year-old youth Robin from Jharkhand village in India, who was married to a hill so that his mother could "clear herself of a curse".

The marriage of Robin, a resident of Bordih village in Jamshedpur, about 170 km from Ranchi, was solemnised with Laxmi hill. Robin garlanded the top of the hill and kissed it. Laxmi hill was also decorated by the villagers. A grand feast was organised for 400 villagers. Robin's mother, Keswari Devi, once fell down and injured herself while climbing the hill.

She believed that she had been cursed by the hill, which should be appeased at any cost.

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Going up the Hill '101' times in 20 hours

How many times you can climb a 70-metre hill in a day? One, two, three.......Here is a 25-year-old man from Pune in Maharashtra state of India, who driven by an unusual liking for performing difficult feats scaled the 70-metre high Parvati hill for an astonishing 101 times, within a span of 20 hours.

The Parvati hill, located in the centre of the city at a height of 2,100 feet above sea level, is home to a heritage structure temple built during the erstwhile Peshwa dynasty. Through this physically enduring feat, Girish is trying to be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records , besides the Limca Book of World Records ................Read more........Up the hill 101 times in 20 hours

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150-metre-high Hill vanishes in India

Till now you might have seen buildings getting razed by explosives but what would you call to an event if a 150-metre-high Hill vanishes from your eyes in no time. Yes, villagers of Tainani in Tripura state of India stood stunned and terrified as the mighty hill that stood solid for ages, disappeared in front of their eyes without any apparent rhyme or reason.

There was no earthquake, not even a mild tremor that the villagers could feel. But the hill vanished all the same, as if sucked into a mighty pit in the earth's womb, slowly taking down with it the trees and bushes that stood upon it.

The mystery unfolded on July 21. The day began with an intermittent drizzle, with the heavy cloud-cover often yielding glimpses of the pale blue sky. For the Tainani villagers, this hide and seek of rain and sunlight was nothing unusual. They carried on with their daily routine till the unthinkable happened at around 11 am.

But on Saturday, the calm was broken by a deep-throated gurgling sound that came from below. "At first, we did not give it much importance and carried on with jhum cultivation in the adjacent hills. The noise became louder with every passing moment and after about 30 minutes, with a big boom, the hill started steadily going down," says Kalijay Reang, who saw the hill going down.

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Where moving around the hill gives an entry to Heaven!!!!

Religion makes happen things impossible. Religion makes you believe in anything. Take the case of this annual Hindu fair that happens every year at Goverdhan in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district in India. More than 10 million pilgrims from all over India shall take part in it which started on July 25th. The fair shall peak on full moon day - July 29/30.

The weeklong Mudiya Poonau fair started with thousands of people joining the 21-km-long route around the Goverdhan hill, which, according to Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna had lifted with his little finger to protect people from torrential rains.

So wednesday onwards, Mathura, Vrindavan and other holy places associated with Lord Krishna will see hundreds of thousands of pilgrims converging until Janmashtami - the festival that celebrates Krishna's birth.

Many seem to believe that if the parikrama (moving around the hill) is not performed in the stipulated time they will be denied entry to heaven,' an official said.

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