Strange Rituals In India | Top 6 Rituals In India
Thimithi
The Thimithi or firewalking ceremony is a Hindu festival originating in Tamil Nadu, South India that is celebrated a week before Deepavali, during the month of Aipasi of the Tamil calendar.
Frog marriage
Two frogs were “married” on June 8, 2019, in the Indian district of Udupi, where an intense heatwave has worsened the local impact of a nationwide water crisis. The event in the southwest state of Karnataka was held to ask a rain god for relief in an area reeling from a heatwave and drought.
Baby tossing
How far would you go to show your religious faith? Some families in rural India — both Hindus and Muslims — are willing to let their babies be tossed off the roof of a shrine, to be caught in a stretched bedsheet about 30 feet below.The ritual, long popular in Maharashtra and Karnataka States, dates back almost 700 years, to a time when infant mortality was high, medical knowledge was scant and families had few places to turn for help.Legend has it that a saint advised people whose babies were dying to build a shrine and drop the ailing infants from the roof to show their trust in the almighty. When they did so, the story goes, the babies were miraculously cradled to safety in a hammock-like sheet that appeared in midair.From then on, prayers for the birth of a healthy baby in the region have included a promise to toss the baby as an offering to the god who granted the prayers. Villagers believe that the ritual brings the child long life and good luck, and maintain that it does no harm
Bury kids neck deep
The practice of burying children in mud up till the neck during a solar eclipse has re-surfaced in Kalaburagi district. All the three children are physically challenged, hence, the parents after blindly following a custom, believed their daughters would get relief. Other reports say that four more children, who were also physically challenged, were buried up till neck in the mud at Ainolli village of Chincholi taluk.
Marriage with Dog
A traditional Indian marriage ceremony took place recently in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. Everything went according to tribal ritual, except for one… small thing. The 18-year-old girl was ordered by village elders to marry a stray dog. This story is definitely one you'll want to tell your friends about!
Thaipusam
Thaipusam or Thaipoosam, is a festival celebrated by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai, usually coinciding with Pushya star, known as Poosam in Tamil. The festival is also observed among Keralites and is vernacularly called.
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