After the summer crops have been harvested, the villagers reach the temple in the early morning on an appointed day.

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As most of India's agricultural land depends on rainfall rather than irrigation, variations in monsoon's arrival date can throw into disarray plans for sowing summer crops such as rice, sugar cane, cotton and oilseeds.

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That way, he could ensure adequate irrigation water for his crops during the dry summer months.

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Drought gripped swathes of England at the beginning of the year as the country basked in an unusually warm, dry March, but the sunshine gave way to the wettest summer for 100 years, hitting crops, tourism and wildlife.

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The cool, wet spring in the Midwest delayed planting of the corn and soybean crops and that means pollination of these two crops is happening later in the summer.

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In the meantime, an exceptionally hot, dry summer has withered nearly three-quarters of this year's crops.

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Sugar cane, which is planted in the summer, is a water-intensive crop and farmers may shift to other crops temporarily, industry executives said.

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The former, the simple-lifers, arrive in summer with high ideals, but soon discover the delights of social security when winter winds blow their crops away.

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