Hindu cuts right hand off for goddess
Pastor Dale Morgan
*Hindu cuts right hand off for goddess*
From correspondents in Kathmandu
July 31, 2007 11:28pm
Article from: Agence France-Presse
A YOUNG man in Nepal today chopped off his right hand as an offering to
a feared Hindu goddess, state-run media reported.
“He offered special worship at the temple this morning,” the national
RSS news agency said.
"After the worship, he chopped off his right hand and offered (it) to
the temple of Goddess Kali."
The 23-year-old survived the amputation by a kukhuri, a traditional
curved Nepalese knife, and was in stable condition at a hospital in
Biratnagar, 250km southeast of Kathmandu, the news agency reported.
It was not known why he sacrificed his hand.
Impoverished Nepal is a deeply traditional and religious country where
around 80 per cent of the 27 million people are Hindu.
Kali is a multi-armed Hindu deity often associated with destruction.