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A few journalists received messages in their cell phones stating that time has come now to divorce the couple to give a small break to the rain which claimed 18 lives in the State and 11 in Mangalore taluk alone. "Consult lawyers for divorce of newly wedded frogs, otherwise more rains will destroy our life and property" reads a message.


Recently, an elected representative of rain-fed districts of Karnataka has turned to frogs to soothe the parched throats here in the wake of monsoon failure. Taking the initiative to appease the Rain God in a unique way, independent Udupi Nagarika Vedike President known for his "innovative" ideas, arranged a marriage of the croaky amphibians in the city.



Some people felt that both ‘bride and bridegroom’ seems to be unhappy the way in which marriage was conducted, where only 50 people attended the ceremony. Further, no reception was organized to guests and relatives. So, angry couple prayed for rain havoc in which people believe that it claimed lives and damage to their property.


Now, courts in Mangalore and Udupi remained closed on Saturday and Sunday, the people who arranged the marriage can look for divorce only on Monday. Some lawyers may not come forward to divorce the couple since it is considered as sin. Further, we don’t know how much fee the lawyer would charge for the legal divorce!


One intellectual said the people of Udupi learnt a lesson by conducting the marriage of frogs. In future they will not do it, the intellectual said and dismissed it as a mere blind belief. Interestingly, in Varanasi too, last year the farmers had organized marriage of frogs to bring rains to their fields.


"Our elders used to say that the croaking of frogs heralds rains. Hence, the people undertook this marriage of frogs", another person said and justified the marriage of frogs," said others.


While some in the crowd found it funny, the others thought of it as a novel idea, but a few questioned the rationale behind such a move and thought it was a very superstitious practice.


 



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Frog marriage solemnised as prayer for rainfall by the members of “Shiv Nagar Parbati Mahila Samity” of Guwahati, the capital city of Assam in India, to please the Hindu Rain God “Barun” with a hope of early arrival of monsoon on Friday, 13 March 2009. There is a mythological believe among Hindus that if the wild frogs caught by the people were got married with Vedic rites and traditional marriage rituals like human beings, that can bring rainfall in coming days. The farmers of Assam facing a drought like situation all through the state as the monsoon wave is yet to hit the plains of Assam. Guwahati, the capital city of India’s north-eastern state Assam, is also passing through a bad phase of dust storm and dry wave these days followed by severe water crisis in paddy fields and in the city too, which motivated the citizens to arrange frog marriage, with a hope for rainfall.
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Frog marriage solemnised as prayer for rainfall by the members of “Shiv Nagar Parbati Mahila Samity” of Guwahati, the capital city of Assam in India, to please the Hindu Rain God “Barun” with a hope of early arrival of monsoon on Friday, 13 March 2009. There is a mythological believe among Hindus that if the wild frogs caught by the people were got married with Vedic rites and traditional marriage rituals like human beings, that can bring rainfall in coming days. The farmers of Assam facing a drought like situation all through the state as the monsoon wave is yet to hit the plains of Assam. Guwahati, the capital city of India’s north-eastern state Assam, is also passing through a bad phase of dust storm and dry wave these days followed by severe water crisis in paddy fields and in the city too, which motivated the citizens to arrange frog marriage, with a hope for rainfall.
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Bhopal, July 1 (IANS) The bride and groom are dressed, sprinkled with turmeric and vermilion and taken in a procession to the nearest pond for their 'honeymoon' with fervent prayers that the amphibian marriage would bring much-needed rain. But no showers are anywhere in sight in Madhya Pradesh.

This is the scene in Chhindwara district where villagers are busy organising and attending the weddings of frogs.


'Frog weddings are a tradition here. These weddings are being held in some village or the other in the district because of the monsoon being delayed,' said a villager.


People in rural Chhindwara, 300 km from Bhopal, and in several other parts of the state believe that it will rain if they 'please' the frogs by getting them married.


'Even in this hi-tech era, we have a strong belief in this tradition. It may seem like superstition. But once we perform the weddings we get good rains,' Kukku Bai, former president of the Khapa village council, told IANS on telephone.


A frog marriage was performed in the village Wednesday.


A mahurat (auspicious time) is first set for the wedding. The bride and groom are then dressed in clothes dipped in turmeric. Villagers sprinkle the 'couple' with turmeric and vermilion and then take them out in a procession.


Three women release the couple into a nearby pond at the end of the wedding. Prayers are recited and flowers showered into the pond. The couple is left to begin the 'honeymoon' and the village is hopeful the effort will bring on the rains. So far, however, the ritual has not led to rains.


That has not hit the expectations anyway. The entire village is invited to the ritual.


'We are all agriculture-dependent people and this is the time to start farming. So for a good crop we need good rains, and for that we perform frog marriages,' said Beni Prasad, a farmer from village Khapa.


'For ages now we have followed the belief that if we perform these weddings we will have a good monsoon. If we get the frogs wedded, then Varuna, the god of the oceans, will bless us with rains,' he stated.


'We have performed the wedding and are hopeful that rains will soon lash our village,' said Parvati Bai, a villager.


Similar rituals have been performed in Chandangaon, Baredi, Ramakona, Borgaon, Pipla and other villagers to please the rain gods.


The weatherman has predicted that the monsoon is likely to hit the state Sunday.


In June, Chhindwara had only 34 mm rainfall, whereas the normal requirement for sowing crops is 100 mm of rain.


'This is the first time in the past 30 years that the rains have been so scanty throughout June,' said C.K. Jain, an official of the agriculture department.


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