In bid to shoo Covid, Rajasthan locals mark village periphery with cow urine, milk

In Rajasthan's Pali district, scores of villagers turned up on Saturday to draw a boundary around their village using a concoction made from cow urine, milk and holy water which they will believe will keep Covid-19 at bay.

Despite the exponential rise in Covid-19 cases, several people in rural parts of Rajasthan have been indulging in behaviour that could prove inimical to their own health rather than obliterate the risk of infection caused by the virus. In Rajasthan's Pali district, scores of villagers turned up on Saturday to observe a ritual they believed would save their lives from the menace of coronavirus. As per the ritual, villagers gathered at midnight on Saturday in Akeli village, 8 kms from the district headquarters. They used a concoction of raw milk, cow urine and water from the Ganges to draw a 3 kilometre-long line along the periphery of the village.