Man marries dog to lift curse

We have all heard the 'man bites dog' stories, but how about a real-life 'man marries dog' tale!

This one takes the biscuit, and it could only happen in India, the land of the Kama Sutra.

But you won't find this kind of love story between man and beast in the ancient Indian sex manual.

It took place for real during a traditional hindu ceremony at a temple in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

The groom in question was a 33-year-old Indian farmer named Selvakumar, and he was wed to a female dog named Selvi.

He married his four legged bitch to atone for stoning two other dogs to death and stringing them up in a tree 15 years ago.

He believed the act cursed him and he had been suffering ever since, he told the Hindustan Times.

After he stoned the dogs he said his legs and hands got paralysed, he lost hearing in one ear, and his speech was impaired.

With doctors unable to help him, Selvakumar turned to an astrologer who told him he was cursed by the spirits of the dogs he had killed.

He could undo the curse only if he married a dog and live with it, the soothsayer warned.

Family members chose a stray female dog who was then bathed and clothed for the wedding occasion.

Selvi the bride was brought to the temple by village women and a Hindu priest conducted the ceremony.

The paper showed a picture of Selvakumar sitting next to his canine bride, which was adorned in an orange sari and flower garland.

The paper said the groom and his family then had a feast, while the dog got a bun.

It was reported that Selvi attempted to make a bolt for it -- apparently due to the big crowds -- but she was tracked down and returned to her new 'husband'.

"The dog is only for lifting the curse and after that, he plans to get a real bride," a friend of the groom said.

Deeply superstitious people in rural India sometimes organize weddings to dogs and other animals, believing it can beat certain curses.

Wouldn't be the 1st man in history to end up marrying an old dog

doggy style...ruff......don't get me started 55555555555555555555555555555555

Well he can claim his wife to be a bitch without repercussions.

cheers

onzestan

Wouldn't be the 1st man in history to end up marrying an old dog

doggy style...ruff......don't get me started 55555555555555555555555555555555

started lol.... maybe his former wife was a bit ruff as well!

Pffff.....man marries a dog....

= nothing compared to a woman who married the Eiffel Tower - Paris...:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...ffel-Tower.html

LaoPo

she is french, need we say more

hope i do not get a backlash here lol

He looks happy, dog looks scared shitless, demons appeased, happy ending .... good story.

Refreshing change really.

she is french, need we say more

hope i do not get a backlash here lol

Backlash: My GF's french, so you are hereby commanded to bow down in front of her and receive fifty lashings.

But I'll let you off, as it didn't say anywhere that she was french, and frankly, she could only be an american, imho.

BTW:

Before returning to Paris for her first wedding anniversary, Mrs La Tour Eiffel visits the Berlin Wall, where her affection for what many Germans see as a symbol of repression leads to an uncomfortable encounter with a member of the staff at the Checkpoint Charlie museum.

-Surely, in this lady's bizarre view of the world, having a fling with the Berlin wall - especially just before her 1 year anniversary - should constitute as CHEATING on her "husband".

He looks happy, dog looks scared shitless, demons appeased, happy ending .... good story.

Refreshing change really.

I am not sure the Dog looks like he is agreeing with you

Moss

He looks happy, dog looks scared shitless, demons appeased, happy ending .... good story.

Refreshing change really.

I am not sure the Dog looks like he is agreeing with you

Moss

Firstly, it's a girl dog Moss ...... I'll stop there

The OP's an old story that the hacks trot out now and then when they've been out on a bender and have to produce something.

All the gags I wanted to crack have been cracked! Ah well, never mind...

Woof