A two-year-old girl worshipped as a goddess after being born with four arms and four legs is taking her first steps since having her extra limbs removed. Update on this and this. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share world |
Some religious rituals are so bizarre that they leave you scratching your head. This one, however, may lead to a cracked skull. Literally. Here’s the strange practice of cracking a coconut on devotees of Goddess Lakshmi. 1 comments edit related share plime.comMany of the visitors believe that it was the British presence in India in the 19th Century that spawned the idea for the festival. picked by Bingo 4 months ago |
Following on from Autumn's post about Lakshmi born with vestigial remnants of a conjoined twin (or born as the reincarnation of a god, depending on your point of view), she has had the surgery now, and after a team of 30 doctors operated for 24 hours, she is doing fine. 2 comments edit related share plime.comNB, the Daily Mail have updated the article Autumn linked to to reflect this. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago |
Hilarity, as always ensues. 8 comments edit related share plime.comThe whole Hindu vegetarian, cows are sacred concept must have gotten past the marketing folks at BK. picked by Moe 5 months ago |
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