Maybe this should go in the news, but I don't really understand it enough to feel confident posting it as such.
A hormonal route to Attukal Pongala by devotees
IBN Live
Reema Narendran
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/a-hormonal-route-to-attukal-pongala-by-devotees/236982-60-116.html (http://ibnlive.in.com/news/a-hormonal-route-to-attukal-pongala-by-devotees/236982-60-116.html)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The faith and devotion of millions of women who offer Pongala to Attukalamma here, is so strong that they would go to any extent not to miss an offering, including intake of hormone pills to delay their monthly periods. According to The Guiness Book of World Records, the Attukal Pongala festival attended by over 25 lakh devotees is the largest congregation of women in the world.