Come rain

Male peafowls defend their territory from rival males during the mating season. 

Peafowl mating season peaks between Jun and Aug, the monsoon season. Hence peacock as an animal calendar marker for the monsoon season...

It is during the mating season that peacocks (male peafowl) dance (parade around with their tails spread) showing off in front of the females...

Peacock pics are from the article "All About The Indian Peafowl".

Which is why in Ritusamhara we read that:

"For this bird, the rainy season serves as a period of jubilant activity, when it extends its tail (feathers) and indulges in the dance. The rains serve as an inducement to this bird for indulging in its exalted dance..."

"The beauty of mountains streaked everywhere with waterfalls, while their high rocks were kissed by the stooping clouds, and their sides presented a gorgeous chaos of peacocks."

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The author of the Mayoora Doota exclaims:

"When the showers rain, you dance with delight. Even the gods take pleasure in observing your dance without twinkling their eyelids..."

Even the peacock mating call sounds like Hindu for "Come rain!!!"...

Because this overlap between peafowl mating season and the monsoons season, Makara, the mount of the old monsoon god Varuna, but really a complex animal calendar marker for the monsoon season, sometimes has peacock tail...Talked about it in my post "Makara"...

Peacocks as animal calendar marker are also present in Iran. A Sassanian dish, 400-600AD, Iran, Currently in Al Thani collection...I talk about it in my post "Rainbows and peacocks" about rain, rainbows and peacocks and the goddess Anahita, Zoroastrian goddess of water and fertility...

Peafowl mating season is Mar-Sep with peak Jun-Aug...Look at the snowmelt diagram for Iranian rivers...Hence the link between Anahita and peacocks...

Just like in India the monsoon rain and floods bring rebirth of nature, in Iran spring rain and floods bring rebirth of nature.

Both are linked to mating (dancing and fighting) peacocks...

Ever wondered why two peacocks drinking water surrounded with greenery are Christian symbol of resurrection, rebirth? 🙂

PS: Peacock, symbol of the resurrection of Christ makes a lot more sense if...

If Christ is life, living nature, then his immaculate conception and virgin birth become easy to understand...From my post "Living nature" about the nature of Christ...