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In a battle against the severe shortage of rain, many farmers took a number of unusual practices to "appease" the god of rain. After the wedding of frogs, two daughters of a farmer from Jhansi District of Uttar Pradesh joined their father by plowing the field to knock down the showers.
For 4 or 5 years, the village of the sisters of the city of Mauranipur has not received rainfall. Even though the weather is cloudy, there is no sign of rain in this part of Uttar Pradesh, which makes life very difficult for farmers.
The two sisters took this hard work hoping for sufficient rainfall.
"My sister and I started plowing the field so that we could please Indra (god of the rain) and he could pour out his blessings upon us and we could have a good harvest", explained the older daughter of the farmer to ANI. 19659003] Last month, two frogs married in the Chhattarpur of Madhya Pradesh in hopes of receiving rainfall in the drought-stricken Bundelkhand. A minister of the state government was also seen attending the bizarre ceremony
A similar ceremony also took place in Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh but instead of real frogs, toy frogs have been used in the hope of an early monsoon. rare, frog marriages are not unknown in India. In 2009, residents of the Jharkhand-hit Chatra district held a similar wedding for frogs to appease the rain god. The wedding with a difference included a treat for 500 people, invitation cards and even a car for the groom. The female frog was adopted by a local who celebrated the ceremony of "kanyadan" & # 39;
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