Karnataka: What kind of superstition is this in the name of making it rain, the children of class 5th got married; Whole village got involved

When there is drought in any region, people resort to various beliefs for rain. To get rain, special worship is done to the gods and goddesses, otherwise, they resort to sorcery. Something similar is being seen in Karnataka.

To appease the rain god, a superstition game has started in the districts around Bengaluru. Due to the rains in the dry area, people are busy getting minor boys married here. Villagers have claimed that it started raining in Karnataka just half an hour after the marriage ceremony. The incident of marriage has come to the fore on Thursday and Wednesday.

For the marriage of minor boys, the entire population of the village gathered and participated in the marriage. The boys who got married are class V students. All the rituals including tying the knot were performed. People invoked the rain gods to bestow blessings and performed aarti by participating in the rituals. Minor boys were also given money as wedding gifts.

After marriage, minor boys return to their normal life. For your information, the tradition of marriage of minor boys is found on a large scale in Bengaluru Rural, Chikkaballapur, and Kolar districts. Villagers of Hirekattigehalli and Chikkaballapur taluks of Chintamani taluk and Mogalakuppe village of the district have got these minor boys married.

What was surprising was that within a few hours of the marriage of minor children, there was heavy rain in Karnataka. It has been raining in Bengaluru city and surrounding districts for the last three days. Farmers were worried that the entire crop would get spoiled due to the short arrival of monsoon. Now he is hopeful that he will be able to get at least the main Ragi crop.