As the country faces severe heat wave with temperaturesoaring beyond 45 degree centigrade in many places, people have begun seekingdivine intervention to bring rains here in Jammu.
Jammu-based organisation Dogra Front-cum-local Shiv Senachief Ashok Gupta conducted special prayers and ‘yagna’ at a temple here Mondayto propitiate the ‘rain gods’.
He held special worship with various rituals and ‘japa’ topacify Lord Indra to bring rains and provide the much-needed relief to thepeople from extreme heat wave here.
This is not for the first time that people are seeking toinvoke gods for rain by organising special prayers in temples in Jammu.
The heat wave coupled with the power and water crises hasmade the life of the people across the country particularly in Jammu hell,Gupta told reporters after the prayers.
“We organised prayers, special poja and japa topropitiate Lord Indra to bring rains in the country and give relief to thepeople. We are seeking blessings of Lord Indra,” he said.