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What is the strangest marriage in the world?
Someone married a crocodile in a foreign country before.
Image from the Internet
And in India, there is an even stranger existence than the man who marries him!
His name is Vaj Pasala.
Unique emotions for cows
As a Buddhist country, most people believe in Buddhism, and Pasala is no exception, he has been a devout Buddhist believer since he was a child.
There are three main gods in Indian Buddhism, one of which is Shiva, the most noble and powerful deity in Hinduism.
Influenced by mythology, Pasara loved cows from an early age.
After growing up, Pasala was relatively wealthy and good-looking, so there were many people who came to the door to talk about matchmaking.
After being introduced, Pasara met his ex-wife, who is a very beautiful Indian
However, the ex-wife's family is very poor, and there are six sisters and a younger brother in the family, in order to save the bride price for the brother's daughter-in-law.
The former father-in-law readily agreed to the marriage, so it didn't take long for the two to get married.
Pasala's ex-wife is not only very beautiful, but also very virtuous and hardworking, and Pasala's mother also praises her daughter-in-law in every way, especially after the daughter-in-law gave birth to a boy, Pasala's mother is more satisfied.
After all, in India, men are much more important than women, and Pasala's first child was a boy, and the whole family was overjoyed by this, and a grand birthday celebration was held at home to celebrate the newborn.
Later, Pasala's ex-wife also gave birth to a daughter for him, with both children, which was simply a great blessing in life.
At that time, Pasara was a good father and husband, he worked hard for the family, he was also very gentle with his wife, and neighbors and outsiders were very envious of their family.
However, the good times did not last long, and because she had been taking care of the elderly and children at home, Pasala's ex-wife gradually became old and decaying.
The excessive work made Pasala's ex-wife look several years older than her peers, which made Pasara more and more bored when facing his wife.
One day, Pasala's wife went to feed the cows in the cowpen and found her husband sticking to the cow mouth-to-mouth.
He didn't feel that there was anything wrong with doing this, and did not give a little explanation for his strange behavior, but instead filed for divorce from his wife.
That night, Pasara told the family at dinner that he was divorcing his wife and then marrying a cow for the second time.
Upon hearing the news, Pasala's wife and parents thought he was crazy and couldn't understand his idea of marrying a cow.
Why did Pasala have such crazy ideas?
It turned out that Pasala had become more and more speechless since work and his wife, who stayed at home all day and only knew how to raise a baby and do housework.
Over time, he was no longer willing to share his thoughts with his wife, and he would run to the bullpen to talk to the cow when something unpleasant happened.
After a few conversations, Pasara found that one of the cows in the family always listened to him patiently, looked at him with bright eyes, and cried in response to him.
Pasara was pleasantly surprised by this, he thought that the cow could understand his words, so every time he had something on his mind, he would go to the cow to talk to, and Pasara regarded the cow as his confidant.
As communication with the cow increased, in Pasala's eyes, the clever heifer was no longer an animal used to plow the land, but a lover who shared his heart and could understand himself.
Due to the frequent increase in the number of Pasala's visits to the bullpen, his wife also noticed his abnormality, but she did not think much about it, after all, the cow is an important property and labor force in the family, and the husband can understand that he cares more about the cow.
But Pasala's ex-wife never expected that her husband not only liked cows, but even fell in love with cows.
For this reason, Pasala's parents and son had a big fight, and Pasala did not fight his parents in the end, regretting that he was willing to give up the idea of marrying a cow.
The parents thought that this was the end of the matter, but unexpectedly, although Pasara verbally promised them, he never had any intention of giving up in his heart.
Pasara later showed an even more obsession with the cow, naming it "Nandi" and even reluctant to live with his ex-wife, instead moving into the bullpen.
Often with "Nandi", eat lunch together, sleep underground.
Such a situation is intolerable for any woman, and Pasala's ex-wife is naturally too.
She talked to her parents-in-law about it again, hoping that they could persuade her husband again, but everything they did was useless, and Pasala still did not want to leave the cow.
In this regard, Pasala's parents have no choice but to persuade their daughter-in-law to tolerate more, asking her to believe that Pasala has only been temporarily lowered and will soon wake up.
Pasala's ex-wife had no choice, her father had married her to Pasara in order to scrape together money to marry her brother and daughter-in-law, if she chose to divorce her husband, then she would inevitably be beaten and abused by her father, and where could she go if she left Pasala.
Moreover, she still has two children to raise, and she can't leave Pasala, so she can only choose to swallow her anger and watch her husband and cow grow closer.
Getting married raises concerns
The wife's forbearance did not make Pasara sober and repentant, and not long after, Pasara once again proposed to marry "Nandi", saying that and it was true love.
Hearing this, Pasala's ex-wife felt numb, but Pasala's parents were so angry that they fainted, they thought that their son had lost interest in the cow, but they did not expect that Pasala insisted on marrying the cow.
Pasara said to his parents: "I am really in love with Nanti, she is very understanding, I am very happy with it, if I can marry it, then I will definitely work seriously in the future, listen to your words to take over the family business, I swear to the true God!" ”
Unable to resist their son's persistence, this time, Pasala's parents finally reluctantly agreed to his marriage to the cow.
After getting the consent of his parents, Pasara happily prepared his wedding with "Nandi", and he invited everyone he knew and spent 170,000 yuan to prepare for this unique wedding.
The wife who heard the news was struck by lightning, she never expected that her in-laws would agree to such an outrageous marriage.
But Pasala's ex-wife has no support, she has no right to refuse divorce, and as a woman, she simply cannot ignore any decisions made by her husband.
In 2017, to the wedding day, Pasara also specially found someone to dress up "Nandi" extremely gorgeously, let "Nandi" dress up to attend, and specially sewn a special "wedding dress" for it, which is a multicolored blanket embroidered with orange blossoms, and the design is particularly festive.
Such a strange wedding is also rare in India, and Pasara spent 170,000 to get married. But he still received everyone's blessing, and the people attending the wedding were not particularly surprised by this.
Everyone was bathed in the wedding celebration, and as for Pasala's ex-wife, the poor woman, she had long been forgotten by everyone.
After marriage, Pasara also loved the cow very much, he still ate and slept with "Nandi" every day, and took "Nandi" to spend his honeymoon, taking the cow out for a walk every day, much more attentive than when he married his ex-wife before.
To the surprise of Pasala's parents, since marrying the cow, Pasara has actually kept the promise she made.
This greatly comforted Pasala's parents, and since then there have been fewer complaints about their son's marriage to a cow.
Not long after marriage, "Nandi" entered the estrus period of animals, and there was reproductive isolation between species, and Pasala naturally could not "do it himself".
To this end, he went around picking suitable mating partners for "Nandi".
Pasara thought that "Nanty" would be happy to be a mother and have a calf of her own, so he carefully selected and found a strong bull for "Nandi" to mate.
It didn't take long for the cow to become pregnant. During "Nandty's" pregnancy, Pasara was even more meticulously cared for, completely cherishing the calf in the cow's belly as if it were her own child.
Passala and the cow are very happy, but the abandoned ex-wife and children have a very hard time.
Pasala's ex-wife divorced him and lived alone with two children, and lived quite badly in a patriarchal social environment.
Many people know that Pasala's ex-wife was robbed of a position by a cow, and they have laughed at this woman with a tragic fate.
A woman living alone with two children, whether in India or not, is quite difficult to survive even in our country.
Pasala and the cow also changed their mentality after they got married, he didn't hate getting along with his ex-wife so much, and sometimes he would go to see his own pair of children, after all, calves are not people, his own children are his own flesh and blood.
Pasala's parents also know that their family has failed their ex-daughter-in-law, so they will take out money from time to time to help Pasala's ex-wife.
However, these help are only a drop in the bucket, Pasala's ex-wife's life is still in dire straits, and this desperate woman can only work three jobs a day to raise her children
To maintain the family's living expenses, in the face of the ridicule and abuse of others, Pasala's ex-wife can only laugh self-deprecatingly, blaming herself for not knowing people in the first place.
The news of Passala and Niu's marriage has also caused a lot of discussion in India, and some people at home and abroad are concerned about the follow-up of this matter.
Many foreigners said they could not understand his behavior at all, and women also grieved about what happened to Pasala's ex-wife, believing that Pasala's abandonment of his wife and son was due to die and go to hell to atone for his sins.
Talking about "cattle"
After this incident, many people were curious about the status of cattle in India. Why do Indians accept such things as marrying cows, and they also give a lot of blessings to this wedding?
In fact, the status of cattle in India is indeed very high, they are regarded as the "holy beasts" of India, especially the white bull of India, which is almost regarded as a god-like existence.
India also has the largest number of cattle per capita in the world.
The same cow, the treatment in China and India is a world of difference!
In China, beef is a delicacy on people's tables, and people can eat beef as they want.
But in India, due to the widespread influence of Hinduism, cattle also enjoy various "privileges" in social life.
Hinduism strictly prohibits the killing of cattle and eating beef, and cannot use any cowhide products.
On the streets of India, you can see cows wandering around at will, if the cow is in the way, the driver has to stop and let the cow pass first, if you accidentally hit the cow, the driver also has to pay the cow to treat the disease.
During the festival, Indians would choose a "sacred cow", they would dress it up with a garland of flowers, sprinkle the water of the Ganges River on the cow's body, and then reverently bow down to the "sacred cow".
After kneeling, the "sacred cow" will be led through the streets by high-ranking Indian monks, and people will follow the "sacred cow" in groups, and if someone picks up candy that has been thrown in the ground by the cow, it is considered good luck.
In the past, there have even been proposals to include a "ban on cow killing" into Indian law to severely punish Indians who kill cattle indiscriminately.
In fact, India's constitution has long had relevant provisions on this, but it is for the situation that cows cannot be slaughtered, and does not include the killing of bulls.
The status of cattle in India is not only because of religion, but also because of the life of Indians.
India is a large agricultural country, densely populated, and food is very precious. Indians grow food without the help of cattle, which are the main tool for Indians to grow rice and other crops, while cattle also bear the responsibility of transporting goods from the countryside.
Cows are more precious, and Indians rely on butter and ghee for food, which are extracted from milk.
In Hindi, cows are often associated with "mother", and the image of cows and calves will be printed on leaflets during the Indian presidential election for publicity, which shows that cows have become India's iconic animals.
Cow dung also has multiple uses in India, and the processing of cow manure by Indians has reached its peak.
Marrying cows became a local trend
Indians collect cow dung and dry it as fuel, which saves India a lot of energy bills.
Sometimes cow dung is also used as a paint, and Indians will mix cow dung and cement on the ground, and when the ground dries, it will become very strong and smooth.
Some Hindu believers also have their families burn their bodies with cow dung after death, which they believe purifies their souls.
In such a country obsessed with the belief in the "sacred cow", the status of the cow is even more noble than that of men, let alone women of low status.
Therefore, most Indians naturally accept the marriage of Passala and the cow, and send sincere blessings to it.
Later, many local people followed his example.
But I don't know, are they really fond of cows, or because they are chasing the tide!
status quo
In 2020, when villagers visited Pasala, the calf was 2 and a half years old.
And Pasala's parents also took good care of it.
He also told the guests that he would rely on this new calf to accumulate luck in the future.
Two years later (2022), Pasala's wife and children moved elsewhere. Pasala's wife said she thought he would change his mind, but she didn't expect it to be like this in the end.
So say goodbye to this place once and for all.
And her children have been able to go out to work and supplement the family.
Pasara also inquired about the child, and he felt that his ex-wife's approach was too decisive. However, until now, he does not know the whereabouts of several people.
This year, together with two cows, he moved a lot of new furniture for the family, saying that if the children came back, he would let them stay here.
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