The farmers of Tikanpur village of Garadapur block under the fold of Pragati Krushak Club organised a frog marriage while celebrating their annual function on Monday at the Trilochana Baba mutt here. It was performed to welcome monsoon this year and appease rain god Indra to bless the farmers by showering good rain during paddy cultivation.
According to Pragati Krushak Club president Suresh Chandra Biswal, every year the farmers several villages organise the frog marriage during celebration of the annual function of the club.
This time, during the marriage, the farmers congregated in large number and joined the event with much enthusiasm. They arranged the bride and groom frogs before solemnising the wedding.
According to a few farmers of Tikanpur, earlier a meeting was organised in the village where committee members consulted village priest Alekha Padhi, who advised them to organise a puja of the rain god along with frog marriage near the local Trilochana Baba mutt on Monday, which was an auspicious day as per the Odia almanac.
The villagers organised the puja by offering panchambruta and making homa and sankirtan in the name of rain god. They got divided into two groups, with the one representing the bride’s side and the other the groom’s.
While Chandramani Behera became the father of the bridegroom, Trilochana Biswal became the father of the bride. The marriage was performed amongst renditions of Sanskirt slokas by the priest and adhering to elaborate Hindu customs.