The members of “Shiv Nagar Parbati Mahila Samiti” of Hengrabari hillside area of Guwahati organised the marriage ceremony of frogs to pray for “Rainfall” in Guwahati on Friday, 13 March 2009. There is a mythological believe among Hindus that if the wild frogs caught by the people and traditionally got married like human beings thereafter , the ritual can bring rainfall in coming days. The farmers of Assam facing a drought like situation all through the state as the monsoon wave are yet to hit the plains of Assam. Guwahati city is also passing through a bad phase of dust storm and dry wave these days followed by severe water crisis in paddy fields, which motivated the citizens to arrange frog marriage today.

Photographer: Ujjal Deb

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