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I'm wandering around Mumbai in a neighbourhood called Wadala where two things are happening.
First, there's a religious festival in full swing.
And second, it's raining.
Really raining.
The monsoon has arrived.
This celebration is called Devshayani Ekadashi and it marks the day that Lord Vishnu goes into a four-month slumber and the changing of the seasons and the start of the monsoon.
It comes once a year.
So it comes during monsoons and there is a folklore which says that there was no rains and they prayed for it.
The monsoon typically begins in southwest India around late May or early June and moves north.
By mid-July, the rains are across the whole country.