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Subject: Mosquito God
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vampboy 29.11.12 - 02:49am
To ward off dengue and malaria fever, Hindus in Jharkhands Bokaro district in India are offering prayers to the mosquito god to seek a shield against the life-threatening mosquito-borne diseases. A big mosquito statue was installed at Chas a day earlier and a procession organized Monday by devotees who beat drums and chanted mantras to appease the winged god. A priest recited mantras in the presence of hundreds of people and the statue was also garlanded and worshiped before the holy fire. * +

vampboy 29.11.12 - 02:51am
Hundreds of suspected dengue cases have been reported in the district. The health department is yet to wake up. We have sought a shield from the mosquito god and tried to appease it by installing a statute and worshiping it, Rajendra Mahto, a district resident, told IANS. Four people have died of suspected dengue in the district which has reported around 130 cases of high fever * +

vampboy 29.11.12 - 02:52am
this season. The blood samples of the patients have been sent to Ranchi and the district administration was yet to confirm the dengue cases. There is no facility in the district to detect dengue. The government has failed to act in time to curb the menace, said Poonam Sinha, another devotee of the mosquito god... Worshipping it will definitely stop the Dengue fever * +

dgsn 29.11.12 - 03:02am
That is bound to work * +

budman 29.11.12 - 03:31am
just get some tiki torches * +

cathar13 29.11.12 - 03:41am
Mosquito god hear our prayers * +

35tony 29.11.12 - 05:40am
there could be at least 5000 gods worshipped in india * +

banjo 29.11.12 - 12:36pm
Pfft. That's never gonna work. They need to direct their prayers to the regular God. That'll fix it * +

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