Hindu how many wives

It is said that Krishna, the fertility god of the cowherds and a favorite of the shepherdesses in Hindu mythology, had as many as 32, lovers. Keeping that lusty legacy alive today is a year-old patent medicine salesman who claims to have wed 89 women and lost an inherited fortune in the process. His neighbors, the police and his current and former wives all agree that Ray is a master of matrimony.

Polygamy is illegal but not unknown in India, especially in rural areas where a rich man sometimes takes several wives. His claims were widely reported in the Indian press, but the Guinness Book of World Records only lists the record number of marriages in traditionally monogamous countries.

Ray said his marital adventures began 36 years ago when his year-old first wife abandoned him. She never came back. People gossiped.

Ray vowed to prove that he was virile and desirable. Ray now lives under the same thatched roof with one wife and visits another regularly in another house he owns in the village. Ray, a slender, pleasant-looking man, said he once had 16 squabbling, competing spouses living together under one roof.

Chief among the demands of those who have called for the UCC is a ban on Muslim polygamy — whether out of belief in secularism or, as opponents allege, because they think having extra wives allows Muslims to have children at a faster rate than Hindus.

Exact data on the subject is hard to come by, primarily because the census was the last one to look at marriages by religion and community. That survey, in fact, found that incidence of polygamy was the least among Muslims, with just 5.

Hindus actually had a higher incidence rate of polygamy, at 5. At the top were tribals, Subsequent data seems to confirm this. A survey carried out by the government in put the polygamy figure at 5. More than the religion of the parties involved, determinant reasons were not having a child or a male child from the first wife, education and the age of first wife.

India's poor hit hardest by deadly heat wave Denganmal is located in a region which routinely experiences drought-like conditions. In the summer months, the heat is so severe that wells run dry and cattle die. There is no water connection in this village.

It's in a remote, hilly area, isolated from other villages. The only solution is to walk to a well or to river, carrying vessels to fill up with water. Neither are close by. It can take up to 12 hours to go there and return home.

Sakharam had no option. He married again. And again. So that wife number two and wife number three could go and collect water while Tuki managed the home and kids. Water wives. Saakhri and Bhaggi are now known locally as "paani bais," or water wives. For years, they've been performing the same routine. In the summer months, Saakhi and Bhaggi leave home at sunrise, carrying empty vessels on their head. They walk through fields and mud tracks, up and down the hilly terrain, to a river where they fetch water.

It's a challenging journey. Each vessel carries approximately 15 liters of water and each woman usually balances two vessels on her head. During the monsoon months, the walk is shorter because a well close by fills up. It's a tough life. Saakhri and Bhaggi don't talk to me about their situation but Tuki tell us they were both widows. By marrying again, the women gain status in society once more.