Puleshwari Devi, 45, who lives in central India, calls herself a sorceress with supernormal abilities and announces that she can cure any disease. And the locals agree with her: they come to her from all over India. and on the days of reception at her house there is no overcrowding. True, her remedies seem frightening at first glance.
Puleshwari Devi, 45, from Koria in Chattisgar state in central India, calls herself a witch and claims she can cure any disease. To do this, she uses a magic sword that sticks into the diseased part of the body, including the eyes of patients. This is how she treats 27-year-old Rama Devi, who complains of eye pain and poor eyesight.
Despite, to put it mildly, the strangeness of the treatment procedure, Rama Devi said afterwards that she felt better.
Puleshwari Devi sees patients twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays. Patients from all over India come to her these days. The witch has been receiving reception for 25 years, and all this time the Indians continue to believe in her magical power.
Promotional video:
Devi casts spells and sticks a sword in those parts of the body that the patient complains about.
After the procedures, patients declare that they are getting better.
“I have been treating her for three years now,” says Rama Devi, who complained of eye problems. “She uses her sword and it makes me feel better. As soon as the pain returns, I come to her again."
“She can cure anything,” says Ram Prasad, a 33-year-old local. - Pain in the back, in the eyes, in the throat, in any part of the body. Her sword heals everything."
Local residents are confident that Puleshwari Devi can cure any disease.
Panchayat Ram Brayan, deputy head of the local self-government council of Koriyya, says the authorities were unaware of Devi's activities. “We were unaware of this activity and strongly condemn it,” he says. “This witchcraft and prejudice cannot continue. We will look at the problem and take the necessary action to stop it."
From 2000 to 2012, there were 2,097 murders related to witch hunts in India, according to the National Forensic Bureau. The problem of witchcraft is acute in 4 states of the country - Jarkaland, Bihar, Chattisgar and Odisha.