At certain times one really wonders whether Indians or to be more specific parts of India still continues to cocoon itself in a time warp and derive untold pleasure from existing in the 15th century..........
Now here is certainly some food for thought; the Kota tribe which is synonymous with the Niligiris district in Tamil Nadu for reasons best known to it continues to persist with it's nocturnal habit of worshipping and revering a supposedly 900 year old peepal tree as it's "GOD" and presiding deity.........
Boasting of an impressive strength of a little over 3,000 denizens including some 1,700 odd women, the tribe takes immense pride in performing prayers and such other rituals on all occasions deemed to be "auspicious" such as weddings, house warming ceremonies, births of children and completion of construction of new dwellings..........
To crown their idiosyncratic behaviour; the villagers/tribal folks also make all their pledges and take all their vows in the presence of this supposedly sacrosanct and hallowed tree located in the Kunda Kotagiri village of Nilgiri's district...........
According to awe struck tribal folk; the revered tree was planted some ten generations or so ago by one of their respected ancestors and has acquired such a gargantuan or mammoth girth or span over the centuries that more than fifty tribal folk standing hand in hand form a human chain in order to encircle the same..........
According to the very same folks; the Kotas worship and revere fire, the sun, moon and nature and hence they take immense pride in offering prayers and performing their very own quaint rituals in front of the "blessed" tree on any and every given occasion and all festivals associated with the tribe..........
They also go to great lengths to protect and preserve their so called "GOD" and shoo away all gawking tourists in a mere matter of seconds so that they do not defile the tranquil and pious atmosphere pervading in the immediate vicinity of this sanctified tree........
Ladies and gentleman; I give you the Nilgiris district of the 21st century; the Kota tribe and it's tree worshipping tendencies..........
Now here is certainly some food for thought; the Kota tribe which is synonymous with the Niligiris district in Tamil Nadu for reasons best known to it continues to persist with it's nocturnal habit of worshipping and revering a supposedly 900 year old peepal tree as it's "GOD" and presiding deity.........
Boasting of an impressive strength of a little over 3,000 denizens including some 1,700 odd women, the tribe takes immense pride in performing prayers and such other rituals on all occasions deemed to be "auspicious" such as weddings, house warming ceremonies, births of children and completion of construction of new dwellings..........
To crown their idiosyncratic behaviour; the villagers/tribal folks also make all their pledges and take all their vows in the presence of this supposedly sacrosanct and hallowed tree located in the Kunda Kotagiri village of Nilgiri's district...........
According to awe struck tribal folk; the revered tree was planted some ten generations or so ago by one of their respected ancestors and has acquired such a gargantuan or mammoth girth or span over the centuries that more than fifty tribal folk standing hand in hand form a human chain in order to encircle the same..........
According to the very same folks; the Kotas worship and revere fire, the sun, moon and nature and hence they take immense pride in offering prayers and performing their very own quaint rituals in front of the "blessed" tree on any and every given occasion and all festivals associated with the tribe..........
They also go to great lengths to protect and preserve their so called "GOD" and shoo away all gawking tourists in a mere matter of seconds so that they do not defile the tranquil and pious atmosphere pervading in the immediate vicinity of this sanctified tree........
Ladies and gentleman; I give you the Nilgiris district of the 21st century; the Kota tribe and it's tree worshipping tendencies..........
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