The Dhaka Times Desk The only weather office we know tells us when or if it will rain. But this is the first time that a temple tells when it will rain.
According to news media, a temple in India can give advance news of monsoon. That's why local people call this temple 'monsoon temple'!
When will the monsoons come, will the rains be good, or will it rain in torrential rains, or will it not rain at all - we usually know these things through the weather office. The Meteorological Office provides this news through satellite images and climate analysis. But we never knew that any temple does this work.
There is a more than 100-year-old Jagannath temple at Bhitargaon Behata in Gautampur area of Kanpur, India. Locals have a long-standing belief that all monsoon news, forecasts - everything is known from this temple! Not only that, this year there will be a drought in India, this temple also prophesied!
Hearing about these incidents, a group of researchers visited this temple. Several scientists were also with them. By going there and talking with the locals, they understand that all this is due to the faith of the people. Science has no influence here.
Head priest of the temple KP Shukla said, 'The design of the temple is completely different from all other temples. The temple has its own industry. There is no such temple in this state. This temple was built during the reign of Emperor Ashoka. It looks like a heap.'
It is known that every year in the month of July there is a large gathering of devotees in this temple. A big fair is also held in the temple premises during Janmashtami. The chief priest also said, 'Most of the people in the area are engaged in agriculture. Many have their own land, while others live as daily wage labourers. That is why the cultivator-devotees of the temple are crowded. If water falls on the heads of the devotees in the form of big drops from the roof of the temple, they can understand how much monsoon will be this year!'
Whether you call this phenomenon a miracle or believe it, the temple's foreboding has lifted the morale of the farmers, said village head Anju Singh. However, his regret is that even though the temple falls under the State Archaeological Department, they do not take any financial help or any initiative to preserve it.
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