A Baby With Two Faces Born In India

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By Staff

Thursday, April 10, 2008, 16:20

A miraculous baby with two faces was born in a Northern Indian village. She has two noses, two pairs of lips and two pairs of eyes. Despite of this complications she is healthy and doing well since her birth.

The most interesting fact about this birth is that she is being worshiped as the incarnation of a deity and people rush in from far away places to touch the feet of the mysterious baby and receive blessings.

The child is named Lali and so far hundreds of pilgrims visited the one month old baby.

Lali is born into a village named Saini, 25 miles away from Delhi, the capital of India. "She drinks milk from her two mouths and opens and shuts all the four eyes at one time," said a doctor.

When looked into the condition of the child, it is an extremely rare medical case known as craniofacial duplication, where a single head has two faces. All of Lali's facial features are duplicated with the exception of her ears. She has only two ears. So far the baby is doing well with no difficulties. But doctors expressed their anxiety on possible future health complications. Residents at Lali's village are more than happy as he child brought fame for their village. They are even planning to write to authorities to provide money to build a temple for the child.