Charmed woman marries cobra in India

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BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - A woman who fell in love with a snake has married the reptile at a traditional Hindu wedding celebrated by 2,000 guests in India's Orissa state, reports said.        
 
 
Bimbala Das wore a silk saree for the ceremony Wednesday at Atala village near the Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar.

Priests chanted mantras to seal the union, but the snake failed to come out of a nearby ant hill where it lives, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said on Friday.

A brass replica snake stood in for the hesitant groom.

"Though snakes cannot speak nor understand, we communicate in a peculiar way," Das, 30, told the agency.

"Whenever I put milk near the ant hill where the cobra lives, it always comes out to drink.

"I always get to see it every time I go near the ant hill. It has never harmed me," she added.

Villagers welcomed the wedding in the belief it would bring good fortune and laid on a feast for the big day.

Snakes and particularly the King Cobra are venerated in India as religious symbols worn by Lord Shiva, the god of destruction.

Das, from a lower caste, converted to the animal-loving vegetarian Vaishnav sect whose local elders gave her permission to marry the cobra, the world's largest venomous snake that can grow up to five metres.

"I am happy," said her mother Dyuti Bhoi, who has two other daughters and two sons to marry off.

"Bimbala was ill," Bhoi told local OTV channel. "We had no money to treat her. Then she started offering milk to the snake ... she was cured. That made her fall in love."

Das has moved into a hut built close to the ant hill since the wedding.

Earlier this year, a tribal girl was married off to a dog on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.



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if they make babies, they're gonna be freaky lookin...

[J Bananas]

i guess ever since the tsunami good men have been hard to find

[Teddy Roosevelt]

i guess ever since the tsunami good men have been hard to find

When were good Hindu men ever easy to find?

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

^^here's one:



oh and i think i found a picture of what their child will look like:

[J Bananas]

^damn dude i was googling hard to find a good pic too

[Teddy Roosevelt]

^^here's one:

Of course. But he's already taken.

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

^^here's one:

Of course. But he's already taken.

hmm, maybe his cousin is single, Sanjay:

^damn dude i was googling hard to find a good pic too

lol, i typed in cobraman and got that pic

[J Bananas]

lol cobraman, i knew "snake human monster" wasnt gonna work

[Teddy Roosevelt]

^^here's one:

Of course. But he's already taken.

hmm, maybe his cousin is single, Sanjay:

He's also married (I know what i was talking about when I said what I said) and has a daughter.

Sanjay: 'If I die, promise me you won't sleep with my wife'
Apu: 'I promise nothing.'

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

^^lmao, i forgot bout that till u mentioned it...damn it really is that hard eh lol

lol cobraman, i knew "snake human monster" wasnt gonna work

i tried "human cobra" first and i got flowers LOL

[BizzyR.I.P.]

^^here's one:

No he's not, he cheated on Manjula with the slushy lady

[Teddy Roosevelt]

What about you BombFirst? I here you're an eligable bachelor.

[Teddy Roosevelt]

hmm, maybe his cousin is single, Sanjay:

BTW Sanjay is Apu's brother. If you ever make that mistake again, I'll kill you.

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

hmm, maybe his cousin is single, Sanjay:

BTW Sanjay is Apu's brother. If you ever make that mistake again, I'll kill you.

my humble apologies, the village way lol

[Teddy Roosevelt]

hmm, maybe his cousin is single, Sanjay:

BTW Sanjay is Apu's brother. If you ever make that mistake again, I'll kill you.

my humble apologies, the village way lol

Homer: No, don't kill me.  I didn't know there was film in that camera
       in that hat!  I was unaware.  I was unaware!  [sobs]
Apu: Mr. Simpson, you misunderstand me.  In my village this is the
       traditional pose of apology.
Homer: Oh.
  Apu: You know, now that I think about it, it may be a little
       confusing.  Many have died needlessly.
-- The price of tradition, "Homer and Apu"

Apu reveals the true purpose of his visit.

Apu: I have come to make amends, sir.  At first, I blamed you for
       squealing, but then I realized, it was _I_ who wronged _you_.  So
       I have come to work off my debt.  I am at your service.
Homer: You're...selling _what_, now?
  Apu: I am selling only the concept of karmic realignment.
Homer: You can't sell that!  Karma can only be portioned out by the
       cosmos.  [slams door]
  Apu: He's got me there.
-- Homer teaches about karma, "Homer and Apu"