Two girls of Huzurabad tie rakhi to snake

Karimnagar: Two teenage girls of Huzurabad celebrated Rakhsha Bandhan by tying a rakhi to a snake that was found at a snake catcher’s residence.  

Korapalli Indu and her younger sister Shravani of Mamillawada in the town decided to the rakhi to the snake which was found in the house of their neighbour Mohd Afzal, a tailor by profession and a reptile catcher. Afzal helped them tie the rakhi to the snake.

Indu, a 16-year-old Intermediate I year student and Shravani, 12, said they were happy to celebrate the festival in a unique manner. They said that they were not scared as Afzal was familiar with reptiles and had removed its fangs.