Updated On: 20 August, 2012 06:51 AM IST | | Anuradha Varanasi
And it seemed that the gods awoke in minutes, as a mighty deluge engulfed the city; the special vedic ceremony that was performed in Matunga involved five havans
It’s time to ask for divine intervention. Worried about the deficient rains in the city this year, members of the Matunga Shankara Muttam performed a special yagna — vedic parjanya kamsheti yagna — last morning to appease the disgruntled rain gods. Five havans were offered.u00a0

The rainmakers: Five havans were constructed in different shapes by three pandits to invoke the rain gods. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar