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Graduates ward off ‘evil eye’ for a living as pandemic robs them of jobs
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People are keen on performing this ritual as COVID-19 rears its ugly head
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People are keen on performing this ritual as COVID-19 rears its ugly head
Kiran, a B.Tech graduate from a forest-fringe village in Narayanavanam mandal in Chittoor district, was happy after getting a job at a supermarket in Bengaluru. Being the sole bread winner of his family, this job meant everything to him.
The nation-wide lockdown induced by the coronavirus pandemic last year dashed his hopes as he lost his job. However, he resumed his job after the situation eased. But he lost it again after Bengaluru emerged a COVID hotspot during the second wave of pandemic and he had to return to his native village.
Scared of uncertain future,elderly people turn to temples
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Worried over the worsening second wave of pandemic, they find solace in bhajans and puranas
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Elderly people, wearing masks, listening to a man as he reads out a purana at a temple on outskirts of Puttur in Chittoor district.
Worried over the worsening second wave of pandemic, they find solace in bhajans and puranas
Valli Mutthu (67) of Nagari municipality had lost her job at half a dozen households as a maid during the lockdown induced by coronavirus last year. She just resumed her work in a few houses in November last year, after the infection started subsiding and the situation eased a little.
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Forest and police personnel inspecting the field at Tanjavur village near Chittoor, after a farmer was killed in jumbo attack on Thursday morning. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Panic gripped the hamlets close to the Chittoor-Tamil Nadu border after a nine-member herd of wild elephants fatally attacked a 52-year-old farmer at Tanjavur village of Yadamarri mandal (Chittoor district), 25 km from here, on Thursday morning.
According to the villagers, the victim, Valligan (52), a speech and hearing impaired farmer, was reliving himself at the edge of his field abutting a pond around 6.00 am, after finishing his night vigil. Farmers in the neighboring fields were also getting ready to return home, when they spotted a nine-member herd of wild elephants marching towards the forests of Paradarami (TN), after emerging from the pond. In a few seconds, the herd starting running towards Valligan, whose back was facing the jumbos. The farmers made vain sho
Wild elephants trample farmer to death in Chittoor district
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Residents of hamlets near T.N. border in grip of fear
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Forest and police personnel inspecting the spot where the farmer was killed by jumbos at Tanjavur near Chittoor on Thursday.
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Residents of hamlets near T.N. border in grip of fear
Panic gripped the hamlets close to the Chittoor-Tamil Nadu border after a nine-member herd of wild elephants fatally attacked a 52-year-old farmer at Tanjavur village of Yadamarri mandal in the district, 25 km from here, on Thursday morning.
According to local residents, the victim, Valligan (52), a speech and hearing impaired farmer, was relieving himself at a pond near his fields around 6 a.m., after finishing his night vigil, when the attack took place. The farmers in the neighbouring fields, who were also getting ready to return home, spotted the nine-member herd of wild elephants marching towards the forests of P