Parjanya  

Bengaluru priests have sent tongues wagging after a picture of them went viral in which they can be seen performing a ritual while holding their phones. Netizens are having a field day looking at these pictures and commenting witty captions.

A group of rationalists demanded that the government should implement an anti-superstition law and stop promoting as well as encouraging superstitious practices like conducting a special puja for rains.

The Karnataka Muzrai Department has directed temples under its purview to conduct religious rituals (Parjanya Japa) to appease the rain gods as several parts of Karnataka have been reeling under the effect of drought without sufficient water to drink
 

The Muzrai Department in Karnataka has issued a circular to the temples under its limits, asking them to perform Parjanya, a ritual to appease the “rain god” after most districts in the state were declared drought-hit.