Local residents are sure: the baby, in the abdominal cavity, fused with a headless unformed twin is a new incarnation of the god Ganesha
A remote Nepalese village, lost in the Himalayas at an altitude of 2,000 meters above sea level, has become a place of pilgrimage for locals: thousands of people flock here to bow to a six-month-old baby named Risab, who was born with four arms and four legs, InoPressa.ru reports citing The Guardian.
Local residents are sure: Risab, fused in the abdominal cavity with a headless unformed twin, is a new incarnation of the god Ganesha, who, according to various versions, has from 2 to 16 hands, the British newspaper writes.
“Some say that he is like a god, they come to worship him and give money,” says his 32-year-old father Rihi Gimire, “they just give a couple of rupees … Most of the gifts are clothes and food. Others say he looks like a monkey or a witch's child."
Since the birth of Risab, about 5,000 people have already visited him, says a local teacher. According to him, some come on foot or come by bus from very remote areas. A local priest accused the child with a congenital deformity that this year the monsoon rains were delayed and were not as strong as they would like.
“Some say it’s a miracle or that it’s a god, others say it’s a curse,” says Gimire. Risab's mother had given birth to two other sons before him, and, according to her, when she gave birth to this unusual child in January of this year, she suffered for more than two days and thought that she would die. Then she was scared when she saw the child. “If my husband was not with me, they would have said that I am a witch, they came and killed me,” she recalls.
Doctors say that the child is operable, and the child's father wants to have surgery so that his son can live a "normal life", but so far he does not have enough money to take Risab out of the country and pay for the separation of his stillborn twin brother, the newspaper notes.