Oh, that just keeps the tires fresh. I don’t bother if I’m only parking somewhere for a couple of hours, but I’d never park overnight without limes.
gvravich on
I can confirm it’s a religious ceremony on today’s occasion of a Pooja (celebratory ritual) for all the (ayudha)tools on the shed. Tools also envelope any and every machinery. The limes are used to squash bad luck that could cause accidents or avoid any faulty mechanisms inside the car.
Source: we do it at our homes as well.
Difficult-Bumblebee5 on
Probably a new car and the owner is Indian. We put lemons below the tyres and crush them with the new car. It is considered auspicious.
AquariusGhost on
Inb4, park between the limes goddamnit
vanchit on
It’s a superstition prevalent in Hindu culture particularly in India. It is supposed to ward off bad luck/spirits/omens.
It is usually done when you buy a new car and/or for certain festive occasions. In this case – it was likely for Ayudha Pooja, which was celebrated on the first of October.
The word “Ayudha” translates to weapons/tools/ instruments, and the day honors the idea of treating the tools that make our lives easier, as sacred. People clean and decorate their tools, books, machines, and vehicles with flowers, turmeric, and vermilion and offer prayers for success, safety, and prosperity. Crushing of lemons under the wheels of a car is part of the ritual.
Source, I’m Indian.
Although I wouldn’t recommend doing this in someone else’s visitor parking or leaving the lemons behind.
Thajandro on
In Spanish culture we carry limes to absorb bad energy and we throw them out the window and when another car runs them over they absorb the bad energy
Klotzster on
You put the lime in the parking spot, you drank ’em both up
PrinceRicard on
Guess he took his car for an al-lime-ment.
eppinizer on
Only one explanation: The driver was a limebacker.
itsbuddytime on
When I was a kid, I was waiting for my parents to pick me up from taekwondo. I put a mustard pack under a car tire that was about to leave. I did not get far enough back. Boom, shot mustard all over my white gee. Lol I used to love watching the packs explode… not on me, usually.
Public_Juggernaut_30 on
I can smell that photo, and I like it.
redditdus83 on
Was there a new car in that parking lot?
sniperdude24 on
You’ve been meatballed!!! Errr I mean. Limed!!
JerseyshoreSeagull on
These limey Bastards
Skeetronic on
# I TOLD YOU ALL THE RAPTURE WAS REAL
TNO-TACHIKOMA on
Might be an Indian/Hindu thing
Do u happen to be at a place where people take delivery or a newly purchased vehicle?
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The horror. I love limes so much.
Someone definitely put limes behind all the tires of whatever car was there. Why tho
That spot will leave a sour taste
This is the weirdest version of Cinderella’s carriage I’ve ever encountered.
Could be a religious ceremony.
Hindu people perform a ritual on their new cars which involves using limes (or coconuts) that are crushed by the car.
ETA: This is likely it.
http://redsoilindia.blogspot.com/2012/10/this-past-week-bangalore-was.html
Also, today is Dusara.
Oh, that just keeps the tires fresh. I don’t bother if I’m only parking somewhere for a couple of hours, but I’d never park overnight without limes.
I can confirm it’s a religious ceremony on today’s occasion of a Pooja (celebratory ritual) for all the (ayudha)tools on the shed. Tools also envelope any and every machinery. The limes are used to squash bad luck that could cause accidents or avoid any faulty mechanisms inside the car.
Source: we do it at our homes as well.
Probably a new car and the owner is Indian. We put lemons below the tyres and crush them with the new car. It is considered auspicious.
Inb4, park between the limes goddamnit
It’s a superstition prevalent in Hindu culture particularly in India. It is supposed to ward off bad luck/spirits/omens.
It is usually done when you buy a new car and/or for certain festive occasions. In this case – it was likely for Ayudha Pooja, which was celebrated on the first of October.
The word “Ayudha” translates to weapons/tools/ instruments, and the day honors the idea of treating the tools that make our lives easier, as sacred. People clean and decorate their tools, books, machines, and vehicles with flowers, turmeric, and vermilion and offer prayers for success, safety, and prosperity. Crushing of lemons under the wheels of a car is part of the ritual.
Source, I’m Indian.
Although I wouldn’t recommend doing this in someone else’s visitor parking or leaving the lemons behind.
In Spanish culture we carry limes to absorb bad energy and we throw them out the window and when another car runs them over they absorb the bad energy
You put the lime in the parking spot, you drank ’em both up
Guess he took his car for an al-lime-ment.
Only one explanation: The driver was a limebacker.
When I was a kid, I was waiting for my parents to pick me up from taekwondo. I put a mustard pack under a car tire that was about to leave. I did not get far enough back. Boom, shot mustard all over my white gee. Lol I used to love watching the packs explode… not on me, usually.
I can smell that photo, and I like it.
Was there a new car in that parking lot?
You’ve been meatballed!!! Errr I mean. Limed!!
These limey Bastards
# I TOLD YOU ALL THE RAPTURE WAS REAL
Might be an Indian/Hindu thing
Do u happen to be at a place where people take delivery or a newly purchased vehicle?
https://ninagrandiose.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/hindu-priest-blesses-a-new-car/
They didn’t put it in the coconut!?
Indians littering as usual, I’m shocked
Someone got a new car! (Sri Lankan here.)
Indian culture!
New car needs to drive over lemon!
Don’t know why! But makes me happy!
I use to do this as a kid with my parents parked car. It was always fun to listen to it squash