Namaste all,
I just heard about a ritual in Southern India that involves dropping toddlers off of the roof of a temple to bring luck to the child. Is this part of the culture or related to Hinduism in any way?
Leena
Namaste all,
I just heard about a ritual in Southern India that involves dropping toddlers off of the roof of a temple to bring luck to the child. Is this part of the culture or related to Hinduism in any way?
Leena
Vannakkam Leela: I have never heard of this, but apparently my wife has. What is your source? Sounds kind of like a rare thing.
Not something I would like to be part of, although there were days I may have felt like tossing my teenagers off of something. I almost fell off the wall that they drove me up.
Aum Namasivaya
Last edited by Eastern Mind; 08 October 2012 at 09:34 PM.
Namaste EM Ji,
It is practiced by shia muslims in a dargah , and hindus participate in it too.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/as...er/#cnnSTCText
Namaste EM,
LOL, I'm sure every parent with a teenager has felt that way at some point or other. I enjoy your sense of humor.
As for the source, I was searching youtube and somehow found videos on it there. I thought it strange and it invoked my curiosity. These parents must have an enormous amount of faith to let their babies be dropped from such heights.
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