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Baby born with 2 faces, villagers worship her as a goddess.
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| UmmiE |
A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday.
The baby, Lali, apparently has an extremely rare condition known as craniofacial duplication, where a single head has two faces. Except for her ears, all of Lali's facial features are duplicated. She has two noses, two pairs of lips and two pairs of eyes.
"My daughter is fine - like any other child," said Vinod Singh, 23, a poor farm worker.
Lali has caused a sensation in the dusty village of Saini Sunpura, 40 kilometres east of New Delhi. When she left the hospital, eight hours after a normal delivery on March 11, she was swarmed by villagers, said Sabir Ali, the director of Saifi Hospital.
"She drinks milk from her two mouths and opens and shuts all the four eyes at one time," Ali said.
Rural India is deeply superstitious and the little girl is being hailed as a return of the Hindu goddess of valour, Durga, a fiery deity traditionally depicted with three eyes and many arms.
Up to 100 people have been visiting Lali at her home every day to touch her feet out of respect, offer money and receive blessings, Singh told The Associated Press.
"Lali is God's gift to us," said Jaipal Singh, a member of the local village council. "She has brought fame to our village."
Village chief Daulat Ram said he planned to build a temple to Durga in the village.
"I am writing to the state government to provide money to build the temple and help the parents look after their daughter," Ram said.
Lali's condition is often linked to serious health complications, but the doctor said she was doing well.
"She is leading a normal life with no breathing difficulties," said Ali, adding that he saw no need for surgery.
Lali's parents were married in February 2007. Lali is their first child.
Singh said he took his daughter to a hospital in New Delhi where doctors suggested a CT scan to determine whether her internal organs were normal, but Singh said he felt it was unnecessary.
"I don't feel the need of that at this stage as my daughter is behaving like a normal child, posing no problems," he said.
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| lücid |
| is this the baby that actually turned out to be a burrito? |
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| 3F05Q |
| Aww.. .she has a dimple on her.... cheek. |
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| jupiterone |
| quote: | Originally posted by 3F05Q
Aww.. .she has a dimple on her.... cheek. |
looks like a belly button |
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| chimera66 |
| that baby is strangely cute...what the hell are they doing in inda with babies with two faces and eight arms :wtf: |
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| sweds00 |
| It, oops... im mean they got hit with the cute stick |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by UmmiE
and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess |
dumb. |
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| Project-K |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
dumb. |
That's much better than the other variety of dumb, which usually ends with pitchfork mobs and ritual burnings. |
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| smakmagik |
| quote: | Originally posted by chimera66
that baby is strangely cute...what the hell are they doing in inda with babies with two faces and eight arms :wtf: |
Multi tasking ftw :D |
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| nchs09 |
When she turns 18.. she will be able to suck 2 dicks at the same time
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| The superstition is silly, but the reaction of the villagers is a nicer one than what such a baby would receive in most "developed" countries -- either horrified stares or pandering "sympathy" from people who wanted to make themselves feel generous. |
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