What are the most common superstitions followed even nowadays?
In India, especially in the Southern part there are endless beliefs and superstitions governing every aspect of life from birth to death and every single item of daily life. Learned people disregarded some of these beliefs and superstitions of the folk, but sometimes meet with obstacles and they find themselves with problems to which there are only very difficult or as yet unfound answers. They ultimately betray a medieval mind, impervious to the winds of change blowing all. All the beliefs or so called superstitions come from our ancestors and we observe them 1. TREAVELLING – It is the tradition to return back home, drink a cup of water, rest for a while and resume the trip, if we are… A. crossed by a snake, a cat, a monk, a lonely Brahmin, a barber, a widow or an oil monger, B. an unpleasant sound is heard, C. there is a slip of the leg or accidental fall, d. the head is hit by the door of the door-frame or by some other obstructions, E. some unknown voice says “Don’t go” F. There is
