15 Most weird Rituals followed in India that will Blow Your Mind
15 Most weird Rituals followed in India that will Blow Your Mind
Every culture has its own traditions and they follow their own rituals in events of happiness or mourning. India is a land where many cultures are present and there are hunderds of rituals whic are sometimes clashing with other’s culture. That is, one ritual may be good for someone, it could be offensive for the other. However, There are some rituals which are very weird and are even dangerous that are still followed in India.
So, here is a list of 15 such weird rituals followed in India that will blow your mind…
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Baby Tossing from 50ft!
This is a ritual which happens in Sonapur, Maharashtra in which new born babies of two weeks babies are tossed from a height of 50 ft! Yes, it it true. When a woman gets pregnant, the whole family comes to visit the Shrine of Baba Umer Dargah to pray. After the birth of the child, they are tossed from a height of 50 ft and are caught by the villagers on the ground by sheets. .The parents believe that the practice will give their children long and healthy lives.This is practiced mostly by Muslims but some Hindu families also engage in it. National Government strongly oppose this and so do we!
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JALLIKATTU in Tamil Nadu
Jallikattu is a bull’s game day event happening in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations. There is a temple bull on which many rituals are performed and one is bull fight. In this man has to chase the bull and snatch the prize from its horn. This game has been played for a very long time, even though it has resulted in over 200 deaths! Supreme Court banned it in 2014 but due to widespread protest it was taken back, but now in 2016 it was banned again.
Good, Supreme court realizes that Tamil Nadu is not Spain!
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The Aghori Sadhus
Aghoris are the mysterious Sadhus in India who believes Shiva is the ultimate god and worship him. The strange fact about them is that they do not consider anything to be a taboo. They drink alcohol, take drugs and even engage in sexual practices. The most strange thing about them is that they eat human flesh! An aghori lives in the cremation ground and is able to support himself there. When a person is cremated, an aghori will coat himself in the ashes of the body and meditate on the dead and even eat the remains of him!
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Kutte se Shadi
This is one of the wierd ritual followed in the Hindu society even today. If a girl is born with some facial deformity or is not very pretty, she is considered to be posessed by deamons. To get the girl free of demonic spirits, priest suggest various methods. One of this is to marry the bride to a dog! After she is considered to be free of spirits, then she is allowed to marry a man.
If that was the method to look pretty, then Fair & Lovely would be out of business!
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Tree Marriage
This is one of the most prevalent ritual in Hindu society. If a girl is said be have Mangal Dosh in her Kundali, then it is said that she will bring bad luck to the groom’s family. How oto get rid of this so called Dosh? Get her married to a tree! The popularity of this ritual can be seen by the fact that Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai married to a tree before marrying Abhichek Bacchan.
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Lath Maar Holi
This is ritual accompanied with the festival Holi. It takes place well before the actual Holi in the town of Barsana near Mathura in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Legend has it that Lord Krishna from Nandgaon visited his beloved Radha’s village on this day and playfully teased her and her friends. Taking offense at this, the women of Barsana chased him away. So, on this festival women with their sticks, chase men away on Holi!
There is no case registered on women. Women always gets away!
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Dhinga Gavar
It is a festival celebrated in Rajasthan. Dhinga Gavar is basically a folk deity, the humorous side of Shiva’s consort Gangaur. The festival starts on the next day of Holi. The legend is that Shiva once teased his consort Parvati by dressing up as a cobbler. In retaliation Parvati also appeared asBhil tribal women before Shiva to tease and have some fun out of it. Men are in some fancy dress and protect the statue of Dhinga Gavar. Women patrol the night with sticks in their hands.
If an unmarried man comes near the women, he is beaten up by them! It is a popular belief that if he wants to get married, then he must come near the brigade of women and get a thrash!
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Mourning of Muharram
To commemorate the death of Husayn ibn Ali (a grandson of Muhammad), some groups of Shia Muslims take to the streets and whip themselves with specially designed chains with razors or knives attached! It is said that no pain comes to them on this day. Thousands of mourners slit open their heads with swords, big knives and razor blades streaming their blood to signify their grief over the martyrdom. While many Muslims have raised eyebrows about this practice, many leaders endorse it!
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Aadi Festival in Tamil Nadu
A human head may definitely seem like a coconut, but priests in Tamil Nadu have taken it to a whole new level. In the famous Aadi festival in Meenakshi Temple, devotees willingly get coconut smashed on their heads! It is said to bring luck and health. That may be in the long run, the immediate effect of a coconut on your head could be a scream and unconsciousness with blood followed by hallucinations for weeks!
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Walking on fire!
The common ritual in the world is to walk on flowers, but Tamil Nadu has a different theory on this. Walking over fire is known to be a purifying act. Hence, the Theemithi festival is celebrated to honor Draupadi’s act of walking over fire. Whoever does that is said to be blessed and their wishes come true. That may even include a tube of Burnol cream!
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Naag Panchami
It is one of the most common rituals and is followed by the Hindu society almost in every part of India. Naag Panchami is a festival celebrated every year on the fifth day of Shravan month to please the Lord of Snakes, Naag Devta. On this day, milk is offered to deadly snakes like King Cobra.
What if the snake does not like your offered milk? Maintain a distance of 10 ft in that case.
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Marriages of Frog
It happens in Assam and Maharashtra. India is farming dependent conutry and to have good yeild, it is important to have a good monsoon. To have a great monsoon, it is a ritual followed to get two rain frogs and get them married. It is said as Rain frogs will please the Lord of Lightening and it will bring good rainfall.
This is one weird ritual of India.
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Varuna Yajna
Considering the importance of rains and given that India have 330 million Gods and one rain God as well. Varun dev is considered the God of rains and whenever the monsoon is weak Varuna Yajna is performed to please the God of rains.
Hindu priests sit in barrels containing water as they perform special prayers in order to appease Varun.
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Rolling over the leftovers!
This is a very, very strange ritual that is followed in the state of Karnataka. In the mythology, Bhramins are always considered superior to other classes, but in Karnataka they have given them the power to cure illness. Madey Snana in Kukke Subraman Temple, is a ritual where folks from the lower caste roll over the left over food by Brahmins to rid of evils and ailments! This was even protested and Supreme Court even tried to ban it, but because of protests it is still continuing.
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Astra Puja
This is associated with the holy nine days of Navratra to worship Durga Devi. The festival is celebrated across the length and breadth of India. But in some parts pf India (Gujarat and South India) on the ninth day of the festival, weapons and tools are worshipped! It was criticized as Indian PM Modiji were one photographed performing the puja.