A team of scuba divers has held an underwater prayer meet in India to pay homage to fishermen killed by Cyclone Ockhi. <br /><br />Twelve divers – 10 of them drawn from the affected fishing community – dived to a depth of eight metres near Kovalam in South India and prayed for 22 minutes. <br /><br />The multi-religious team read prayers according to their individual faiths from laminated sheets of paper. They prayed for those who died and those who are still missing at sea.<br /><br />Severe tropical cyclonic storm Ockhi which struck parts of South India in November killed 65 fishermen, according to official estimates. <br /><br />Scores of fishermen, who went missing in sea, are yet to be traced.<br /><br />The under water prayer meet was organised by Friends of Marine Life (FML), a local NGO, and Bond Ocean Safari, an underwater adventure sports group.
