Ritual Throwing Clothes On Roof

Toddlers are annually tossed from the roof of a temple to bring them good luck a frightened child is hung over the edge of the temple roof.

Ritual throwing clothes on roof. This is a 700 year old ritual practiced by both hindu and muslim families in the area. If you want to see this ritual you must visit solapur in the state of maharashtra on the first of may. The rituals before the puja begins include the following. Involves rites to awaken and welcome the goddess to be a guest typically done on the sixth day of the festival.

A scene from a baby throwing ceremony in 2009. Western indian ritual of hurling young children onto a cloth from heights of almost six feet during the hindu festival navratri. Renate söhen thieme a professor at the school of oriental and african studies london told the telegraph that the ritual is certainly not part of the classical hindu tradition and does not adhere to muslim precepts. The local name of this baby throwing ritual remains unknown but it has apparently been in practice for the past 700 years by hindu and muslim indians alike in the states of karnataka and maharashtra.

The people of this village have been practising this for about 500 years. A similar custom at the sri santeswar temple near indi in the state of karnataka during the first week of december was reported on by the telegraph. Anointing ritual wherein symbolic offerings are made to durga with each item representing a remembrance of subtle forms of her. Typically completed on the.

The ritual long popular in maharashtra and karnataka states dates back almost 700 years to a time when infant mortality was high medical knowledge was scant and families had few places to turn. The tradition is also carried out in other parts of the state where the babies are tossed off the roof of temple roofs.