Chikkaballapur: Have you heard of community funerals held for sparrow? Yes, residents of the village of Basavapatna in the outskirts of Sidlagatta in the Chikkaballapur district not only bury the sparrows with all the rituals, including community lunch, but also have built graves with the right graves in place.
Sparrow is a regular visitor for all households in the village over the past few months and residents will spread some grains on their front yard for it.
Sparrow has its nest in a temple, said Nagesh, a young man from the village.
He said when a sparrow used to visit each of the 70-strange houses in the village, the villagers loved it very much.
On January 26, the bird did not visit any house and some young men looked for it and found the carcass at Templ e.
Immediately the villagers gathered and decided to give the funeral right.
The bird was buried on the same day.
The villagers also decided to build a grave for birds and do all the rituals like to be done for every human being.
The 11th day “Thithi” (funeral ceremony) for the bird was also carried out on February 5, with villagers arranging a non-vegetarian party on that occasion.
Edwin Joseph, who is commonly known for Bengaluru’s sparrow for providing protection to more than 205 of them, said: “This is the first time I heard community burial for sparrow.
It is a warm movement.
People who feed birds This often knows how scared they are, but once they are used to, they don’t jump or fly when you approach them.
This is a belief, or the relationship built by birds with humans and vice versa.
I usually bury the pipit dead in mud with a very heavy heart My eyes, but community burials are a wonderful way to separate.
“On September 13, a group of young men in Sidlagatta had celebrated a birthday of a wild dog.
Cakes are cut on occasion and lunch are arranged.
The dog has served locality as a night guard and unfortunately called Sher Khan.