Women in Karnataka’s Bijapur district lie prostrate as men walk over them with a palanquin carrying the village deity.
The ritual, it is believed, brings good luck to women who are walked over as the palanquin carries the village deity.
An interesting aspect of the ritual is that liquor is considered teertha (holy water) and is offered to the gods. Young men carrying the palanquin consume the liquor and walk 70 km from the temple in Sindagi taluk to another temple on the banks of Krishna.
Even children are given liquor as teertha.
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