radical blessing
Indians worship dozens of gods. One of them is… A motorcycle. She began to be worshiped in the Pali district after mysteriously reappearing several times at the scene of the accident that killed her owner in 1988.
Come to me
Children’s Day falls on November 14th – exact nine months after Valentine’s Day from them. But it has nothing to do: the date is the birthday of a Prime Minister who defended the rights of children
Is it or is not it?
A vibrating condom caused controversy when it was released there. Condoms are legal in the country, but sex toys such as vibrators are not. they are considered “obscene material”, according to law 292
furry faithful
O temple of goddess Karni Mata, in the state of Rajasthan, it is taken by rats. And no one can kill them! The infestation probably started because they were attracted by offerings of milk, water and corn left by devotees to the deity.
pee to drink
Cows are also idolized – which generates curious phenomena. In the Bengal region, they have to have an “RG” to be easily identified. And your urine becomes raw material for all sorts of things: even soap, face cream and… drink! Argh!
light and smoke
O Diwali, or “festival of lights”, is celebrated with many fireworks. But many indeed: they generate so much smoke that, according to the Pollution Committee of the state of Maharashtra, breathing Mumbai air on that day is equivalent to smoking 113 cigarettes!
Second voice
The local film industry is so strong that it even earned the nickname: Bollywood. But the production is very different from what happens in Hollywood. Until 2001, for example, movies were recorded without sound and then dubbed in the studio
BIZARRE STATISTICS
Total cell phones 567 million
Indians with access to toilet 366 million
Employees on the rail system 1.4 million
post offices 1.5 million
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SOURCES Websites india post, traveljee, BBC, Times of India, kotaku, Huffington Post, Business Insider, dubbi, India Celebrating, Mirror It is Unesco
ICONSTim Boelaars, Eric Bird, Sachan and Erich Grois
IMAGES Wikimedia Commons and Paolo Bompani