[1][4][2] This celebration is assumed to have started in this village based on local traditions, and is not sanctioned by any major Hindu religious body (matha).
Annually, donkeys from over the city are forced to walk three times around the Chowdeswari Temple in a 3-foot-deep (0.91 m) puddle of mud made for that purpose, then they are washed, decorated and worshiped.
Devotees gather in large numbers at the temple to witness this ritual, which is believed to bring peace to the city.
[1] The fight lasted for about an hour before the leaders of the village settled the situation and the marriage between the two gods was held.
[3][6][2] That year, a video of a crowd of maskless festivalgoers throwing cow dung during a pandemic sparked outrage online.