Local media has reported that a baby with four arms and four legs has been born in southeastern Nepal’s Ramechhap district.
Januka Ghimire, 30, gave birth late on Monday to the as-yet-unnamed infant, whose gender has not been disclosed. Both the mother and the child are reported to be in good health.
Many locals believe the baby is a reincarnation of Lakshmi, the eight-limbed Hindu goddess of prosperity and wealth.
“Januka’s house is thronged by people from far-flung villages to have the glimpse of the strange baby,” the kantipuronline.com news portal said.
Last November, an eight-limbed girl was born in a remote village in the northern Indian state of Bihar and named Lakshmi after the goddess. The girl underwent surgery to remove the extra limbs and in now undergoing a rehabilitation program
Source RIA Novosti
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