Madurai: A 33-year-old man in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu has married a dog in a bid to ward off the ‘curse’ of a canine couple he had killed 15 years ago.
Selva Kumar tied a mangal sutra on the animal, pet named Selvi, at a Ganesh temple in Manamadurai, about 50 km from Madurai on Sunday.
The 10-year-old saree-clad ‘bride’ was brought to the temple in a grand bridal procession and after the function the bride was feasted with bread.
Kumar, who vowed to protect Selvi all through its life, said he married the animal as per the advice of an astrologer. "I will take care of it till its death,” Kumar said.
According to Kumar, when he was 18 years old, he had clubbed to death a dog couple. After the incident, he suffered a stroke and could not move his left arm and legs and also turned deaf. He now walks with the help of a stick.
Kumar claimed that an astrologer had suggested him that he had the ‘curse of the dogs’.
The astrologer advised him that all his problems would be solved once he did the penance by marrying a female dog, Kumar said.
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