A baby girl born with an “elephant trunk” is being worshiped as
a Hindu god in a village in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, in northern India.
The girl, who has not yet been named, was born to Rambabu Sarvesh and
his wife Banna Devi on Thursday. Since then thousands of people from all
over the country have flocked to the small village to see the new-born
infant. The locals believe that the baby girl is an incarnation of the
Hindu deity Ganesha, who also has a trunk.
According to the girl’s aunt, crowds of worshippers had since arrived to make offerings to the divine child. She said: “My
sister-in-law gave birth to a girl at 7:00 a.m. and her face looks
exactly like Lord Ganesha. This is why whoever hears about her is coming
here to get a glimpse of the baby and are making whatever offerings
possible.”
The girl, who is the fourth child in the family, has facial lump between
her eyes that divided her nose in two when the girl was still in the
womb. Doctors will examine the baby girl to find out the extent of her
condition and whether they need to operate. Now they suggest
that deformity was most likely due to a gene mutation, as a result of
malnutrition and increased pollution.
Mr Sarvesh, who is already a father to three children, earns 250 rupee
(N750) a day, and hopes that his daughter’s birth will change the
family’s fortunes. Several months ago a baby boy who was born with four
arms and four legs was aslo hailed as “God’s baby” due to his
resemblance to Hindu god Brahma.
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