1,500 Attend Monkey's Funeral Feast In Madhya Pradesh Amid Covid Spike
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Visuals show a funeral procession with hymns being chanted as people carry the bier to the cremation site. A youth Hari Singh also shaved his head
Two people have been arrested for allegedly flouting Covid protocols after a crowd of about 1,500 gathered for the funeral of a monkey at a village in Madhya Pradesh. The residents of Dalupura village in Rajgarh district first held the funeral rites of a langur that died of the cold on 29th December with the chanting of hymns, now hosted a mass feast for more then 1,500 people as part of funerary rituals. pic.twitter.com/aLSOPMqOG6 कुछ लोगों ने मुंडन करवाया, चंदा करके हज़ारों लोग के लिये भोज का आयोजन किया अब धारा 144 के उल्लंघन में गांववालों पर मामला दर्ज हो गया है pic.twitter.com/yPq0lSkV2N
Pained by the monkey's death on December 29, residents of Dalupura village in Rajgarh district organised last rites. Visuals show a funeral procession with hymns being chanted as people carry the bier to the cremation site. A youth named Hari Singh also shaved his head in keeping with Hindu rituals. The monkey was not a pet, but frequented the village. In several parts of the country, monkeys are considered sacred for their association with Lord Hanuman.