Bizarre Rituals

Superstitions and blind faith have not yet relieved gullible people but a recent incident at Kollankodu Village at Kanyakumari district was not only bizarre but was also blood-curdling.

It happened at Badrakaliamman Temple. This Goddess has always been depicted as a furious deity who would brutally punish the wicked.

This temple is known for a strange ritual in which childless couple are made to ride a car on two wheels. Two forty-one feet tall trees are fixed on the car. The couple are bound with the trees, using a long piece of cloth tied around their hip. They are made to hold a few little children. By the weight of the children, the trees would rise upwards. Once the car completes a ride around the temple, the children alight. It seems the Prayer of the couple to beget a child reaches gods and goddesses up above the sky through this ritual and that it would be answered. This strange arrangements on a car and the entire process is to be seen to be believed.