Did Varuna Puja cause rain?
Chennai sees unprecedented rains, thanks to AstroVed’s Rain Ritual Just a few days back it was showering gold coins on the Akshaya Tritiya day. Now, the cyclonic storm Laila has brought in showers of the real kind! The rain has also brought back the smiles on the faces of the Chennai citizens who were busy wiping the sweat off their brows until Sunday (May 16). The usually reliable Met Department had predicted just a dip in temperature, not the heavy downpour that the city is now witnessing. So, how does one explain the sudden, unexpected splash in Chennai at this time of the year? Let us look at the phenomenon behind these rains – the Southwest Monsoons. These hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands sometime during May-June and usually move onto the Bay of Bengal. They bring, what the geography textbooks call, the ‘Mango Showers’ that are an annual affair in Kerala. But, it is important to note that the Southwest Monsoons are known to cause rainfall in all parts of the county, except Tami
