Over 4,000 people attended a funeral feast for a monkey in Darawari village, Rajgarh district, Madhya Pradesh, believed to be an incarnation of Lord Hanuman. Traditional Hindu rituals were observed, including cremation, ash immersion in Ujjain, and a grand twelfth-day feast.

Rajgarh: In an unusual event, more than 4,000 people on Wednesday attended a ‘mrityu bhoj (funeral feast)’ for a monkey in a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district. Villagers believed the monkey to be an incarnation of Lord Hanuman, and performed all rituals typically reserved for human family members.

Twelve days ago, the monkey died after being electrocuted by a high-tension power line. On November 8, villagers decorated the monkey’s bier and organised a funeral procession accompanied by a DJ, with the entir

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