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Hindus, Muslims pray for rains in Patna Patna:
Following a delayed monsoon, people in Bihar have turned anxious and want the
God to bless them with rains. On Saturday, various Hindus and Muslims held special
prayers to invoke divine powers of the Rain Gods who, they believe, have decided
to give the region a miss. Residents said while incessant rains are lashing western
parts of the country disrupting normal life, it played truant here. Many Hindus
participated in a Yajna, or the holy fire ritual whereas members of the Muslim
community offered Namaz for rains. Priests chanted shloka and hymns that reverberated
in the entire vicinity during the Yajna ceremony. "We are pleasing the rain God
by offering this prayer. We are praying here in a hope that the rain God accepts
our wish and grants us with rain. This rain will bring smile on the faces of the
farmers and would help bringing back greenery in the state," said Prakash Malakar,
a Hindu priest. Members of the Muslim community, took part in prayer session and
said they had full faith that the Gods would be pleased and rains would soon touch
not only Bihar but other parched lands as well. "The intense heat and lack of
rain is not only causing serious problems to the people of Bihar but to other
states as well. We wish that Allah blesses not only Bihar with rains but also
the other drought hit regions," said Mohammad Kalimuddin, a Muslim priest. The
delay in the arrival of monsoon is becoming a cause of concern for the masses
especially farmers, as nearly two-thirds of agriculture depend on the rains and
two-thirds of the population is dependent on agriculture. The Meteorological Department
has said that the total rainfall from the crucial June-September monsoon would
be 93 percent of the long-term average, coming in below normal for the first time
in four years. -June 27, 2009
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