To some she may seem an oddity, but to one Indian couple their
newborn daughter is simply a God reincarnated.
Their as yet un-named four-day-old baby girl was born with two
faces, two mouths and four eyes in the rural Nagar district of
Uttar Pradesh, 50km north east of New Delhi.
Her parents, Vinod and Susham Singh from a village called Sani,
said their little girl was "a gift from God".
This un-named four-day-old baby girl was born with two faces,
two mouths and four eyes
Villages come to pay their respects to the newborn
'goddess'
Excited villagers claim she is the reincarnation of the Indian God
Ganesha and celebrated her arrival with clapping, cheering and
offerings of gifts and money.
Doctors who delivered the baby said she appeared to be in good
health, but said further tests will need to be carried out to
determine any long-term health problems she may have.
Villages offer the newborn gifts and money
Villages celebrate her birth with clapping and believe she is a
reincarnation of Indian God Ganesha
The baby is fed by hand. Doctors are not yet able to say is she
will be able to have normal eating functions
They are also unable to say if she will be able to eat and function
normally.
The excitement surrounding her arrival comes two years after the
birth of another little girl, from the poverty stricken region of
Bihar, who was born attached to her headless twin.
In a 40 hour operation, doctors successfully removed the lifeless
body from Lakshmi Tatma, who was hailed as a reincarnation of
Vishnu.
The extraordinary eight-limbed baby was born on the day devoted to
the celebration of the four-armed Hindu deity Vishnu.
Since the operation Lakshmi has successfully taken her first
steps.
Her mother Poonam Tatma said she believed her daughter was "a
miracle".
Lakshmi's body was joined with the parasitical twin attached at
her pelvis until doctors successfully removed it