Hindu priests burn hundreds of mango trees in prayer ritual to curb ‘pollution’

More than 350 Hindu priests have gathered in India this week for a multi-day religious ceremony to pray that the gods deliver them from a modern-day scourge — air pollution. But the ceremony involved burning hundreds of mango trees — some 110,000 pounds of wood — in large fire pits constructed at the venue in […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/03/21/hindu-priests-burn-hundreds-of-mango-trees-in-prayer-ritual-to-curb-pollution/