INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
SIKYARA: Even as multi-agency teams are involved in efforts to rescue the 41 workers trapped in the under-construction Silkyara tunnel,
villagers of the area are praying for the success of the operation by invoking local deities.One of the ways they are doing so is by singing
A few days before Diwali (when the workers got trapped), a temple devoted to the deity was razed for tunnel work
The priest of the temple offers prayers there every morning and those involved in the rescue operations can also be seen paying obeisance at
religious practices may look superstitious to many people
But it is all about faith
