Special prayers were offered to appease the rain gods in Kanpur, as people eagerly await the arrival of the monsoon. Women recited traditional songs to herald the rains and prayed to nature by singing songs.
The southwest monsoon has been lashing West Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, East Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
It has further advanced into some more parts of Gujarat, Bihar and will also advance into the remaining parts of north Arabian sea, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, some more parts of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and Rajasthan during the next 48 hours.
