SAINI SUNPURA, India — A baby born with two faces is doing well and is being worshiped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday. Lali has a rare condition known as craniofacial duplication — she has two noses, two pairs of lips and two pairs of eyes.
“She drinks milk from her two mouths and opens and shuts all the four eyes at one time,” said Sabir Ali, the director of Saifi Hospital, where Lali 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.
Up to 100 people have been visiting Lali at her home every day to touch her feet out of respect, offer money and receive blessings, said her father, Vinod Singh, 23. The Associated Press
