A wild monkey was seen consoling mourners at a funeral in southern India.<br /><br />After Devendrappa Kammar, 80, passed away on April 15 in Nargund village, his family went into mourning.<br /><br />As friends and relatives gathered around the deceased man, an Indian langur monkey joined them in the grieving.<br /><br />The monkey went inside the home and sat close to the relatives who were wailing. The ape put its arms around a few of the mourners and consoled them. <br /><br />It stayed with the crowd till the body was moved for cremation and then went away. <br /><br />Residents of Nargund say the monkey has been attending funerals for at least one year.<br /><br />Parameshwara Nayak, who has spotted the monkey in several funerals, said: ''The sound of loud wailing possibly drew its attention. It attends the funerals and mimics how we console each other.''<br /><br />''Now we feel that no funeral is complete until the monkey arrives,'' he added.
