Nearly 200 families of Ammanari village, Krishnagiri, left the village early on Sunday morning and returned only in the evening after doing special pujas. They also took their domestic animals with them.
According to the beliefs of the villagers, doing so would relieve them from the clasps of the evil spirits . The villagers believed that the death of three youngsters in the village within a month was the work of an evil spirit roaming around the village.
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The mass exodus was thus planned as part of a ritual to ward off the evil spirits. The road leading to the village was blocked with an old tree smeared with ashes to ‘prevent the evil spirits from entering.’ In addition, 15 men from nearby villages were deputed to guard the village border.
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