Assam: The marriage was organised on the mythological belief that marrying off wild frogs with Vedic rites helps bring rainfall. Frog weddings were solemnized by the Rongdoi village in Assam’s Jorhat district to please the Hindu Rain God Barun. Hundreds of village folk, young and old, boys and girls gathered at Rongdoi village community hall […]
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