RAIN RAIN come now..Johnny wants to play now…

The lands are dry, parched and the farmers are anxiously waiting  for some clouds to wet their lands..but alas! The clouds only seem to be passing clouds..

So the people start praying to GOD VARUNA,the god of ocean and rain.He is said to ride the ‘makara’ or crocodile for a vehicle in Hindu Mythology.Well..how do you please him?

I found an amusing pic in one of the local papers where priests in Tirupati are sitting in tubs of water and praying to appease the rain god! More amusing is the wedding of frogs that seems to be happening more now than ever before..

This article says it all..taken from (http://www.bhopal.net/othernews/archives/2006/07/no_rains_despit.html)

July 01, 2006

No rains despite frog marriages

SANJAY SHARMA, INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

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.

Ha ha

This is an age old belief that is still in vogue..now now..Are these people really sure that Varuna God is going to be pleased with the croakies getting married?

Varuna God can you see our plight? Plzzz barso re megha megha…hehe

Pic-http://www.sfgate.com/n/pictures/2005/06/06/frogs4.jpg

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