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TIL in various regions of India Frogs are married to invoke rain. Two frogs are caught and cleaned, and then dressed in traditional wedding clothes and tied together with a red thread. The priest then performs a puja asking for the god's blessings. Vermilion is applied to the female frog's forehead.

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