Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Villagers in India Worship Baby Born with 2 Faces

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Sushma, left, and Vinod Singh pose with their daughter Lali at their residence in India. Lali was born with two faces on March 11. Her father says she is doing well and villagers are worshipping her as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess.
Lali has a rare condition called craniofacial duplication. She has two noses, two sets of lips and two sets of eyes. "She drinks milk from her two mouths and opens and shuts all the four eyes at one time," said the director at the hospital where the baby was born.
Rural India is deeply superstitious and the little girl is being hailed as a return of the Hindu goddess of valor, Durga, a fiery deity traditionally depicted with three eyes and many arms.


All photos by Gurinder Osan, AP

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