The Dhaka Times Desk Hearing this is really strange, everyone has to be shocked. Because the price of a rooster is 1 lakh 10 thousand taka! What is possible? This amazing case happened in India.
Hearing this is really strange, everyone has to be shocked. The reason is that the price of a rooster is 1 lakh 10 thousand taka! Is this ever possible?
The price of one chicken is 1 lakh 10 thousand taka. It is a pet rooster. No wonder. The price of a rooster is 1 lakh 10 thousand rupees. A rooster in a church in Kottayam in the Indian state of Kerala fetched this incredible price at auction recently.
A rooster auction is held every year at St. George Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in Ponnappalli, Kottayam. Previously, a rooster was once sold for a maximum of 15 thousand rupees. Then last year all records were passed, last year a rooster was sold for 60 thousand taka! This time it is 1 lakh 10 thousand taka!
According to media reports, this rooster is auctioned as part of the festival every year in this church. The tradition of selling chickens is that the people of the area donate bread and chickens to the church during the festival. The church cooks the chicken and distributes it to the common people along with the bread. But a rooster is left behind.
That rooster is called 'Pannum Kozhi'. It was later auctioned. The highest bidder gets this rooster!
For the past 18 years, a man named Manoj Joseph has been buying these roosters at auctions. Manoj is from Kottayam. He is doing business in Coimbatore. He married a woman from the area adjacent to the church 18 years ago. Since then he participated in the auction every year. He won the auction every time. That's why this rooster finally got to his fate!
It is also said in the news media, but this time the price at which he bought the rooster is really a record. This time he bought the rooster for 1 lakh 10 thousand taka. The market price of which can be as big as 1000 rupees!
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