Travel
Sites Visit
Goa, Karnataka,
Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Andhra Pradesh in South
India, Delhi, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh in North India, Assam, Bengal,
Sikkim in East India |
Overseas
Tourist Offices
Tourist
offices in India Helpline
| |
Religion Back
To Index Page
Rituals to appease 'Rain God' in Allahabad Allahabad:
Women ploughed fields and sang songs in a ritual to appease the rain gods
in Allahabad. Fervently praying for the timely arrival of the monsoon, people
across the country are performing various rituals to appease the rain God. "All
of us together performed rituals with flowers and incense sticks. Together we
ploughed the land on our own, the way men do. We prayed to Lord Indra (God of
Rain) so that he could bless us with rain for healthy crop yields and greenery,"
said Ramkali, a village woman. In a country where nearly two-thirds of agriculture
depends on the rains and two-thirds of the population is dependent on agriculture,
the delay in the arrival of monsoon is a serious cause of concern for the people
especially farmers. According to the officials of the Meteorological department,
monsoon is likely to arrive in the state by the first week of July. -June
25, 2009 |
|