It’s 2022 but many people still believe in superstitious rituals and practice them as well. Some pregnant women hope to avoid giving birth during an eclipse due to bad omen. Similarly, a lot of people believe that burying children in the sand during an eclipse will cure them of their disabilities or prevent them from several ailments.
During yesterday’s solar eclipse, some people in Karachi covered their children in sand up to their chins in the belief that doing so during an eclipse would cure them.
A few years ago, people in India also buried children up to their necks during a week’s solar eclipse as a supposed remedy for their handicaps but the police halted the practice and launched an awareness campaign. They also stated that stronger charges would be pressed against the offenders next time.
An astrologer R.K. Sharma in India explained that
A solar eclipse weakens the sun god temporarily because of an encounter with dragon Rahu and leaves some cascading results everywhere.
He added ,
Bathing in holy rivers, ponds and covering sand over body during this time thus helps protect health and develop positivism and greater will power.
This pretty much explains the Hindu origins of certain Pakistani superstitious practices.
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