
Hindu priests turn to ‘corona goddesses’ as India’s doctors pushed to brink – South China Morning Post
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Hindu priests at a temple in southern India are saying daily prayers to two coronavirus goddesses in an effort to tame the pandemic as the country battles a new surge of infections.Two “Corona Devi” idols have been set up in the southern city of Coimbatore, which is badly hit in an outbreak that has killed 100,000 people nationwide in the past four weeks.The Kamatchipuri Adhinam temple is shut to worshippers because of the city’s high infection rates, but priests are paying tribute in front of…Read More
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