Parjanya

Recently State Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar held a Parjanya homa (pooja) in Chikkamagaluru, while another special ritual was performed at Belgaum's Savadatti Yellamma temple praying for rainfall earlier this month.

I.164.51cd bhumim parjanya jinvanti / divam jinvanty agnayah While the rainclouds quicken the earth, the fires quicken heaven.

On Thursday, Karnataka water resources minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar also held a Parjanya homa (pooja) at Sri Rishya Shringeshwara temple Chikkamagaluru praying for rain.

Pravargya rains" and "Pravargya becomes full of rain" should be "Parjanya rains" and "Parjanya becomes.

Summary: Sringeri (Karnataka) [India], June 6 (ANI): Karnataka water resources minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar held a Parjanya homa (pooja) at Sri Rishya Shringeshwara temple Chikkamagaluru praying for rain on Thursday.

Equally important is the fact that single applications of asura to Aryaman, Pusan, and Parjanya all appear in book V, as do one of the two certain uses of the term with Rudra and Savitar.

Hindu seers performed 'Parjanya Yagya,' a special fire ritual for rain, as Gujarat faces an acute water shortage due to an uncertain monsoon.