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  • Tailing a monkey man in search of healing powers - an incarnation of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman?

    06/20/2006 11:32:31 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 202+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 6/20/06 | Reuters
    KOLKATA (Reuters) - Thousands of people are flocking to an impoverished Indian village in eastern West Bengal state to worship a man they believe possesses divine powers because he climbs up trees in seconds, gobbles up bananas and has a "tail." Devotees say 27-year-old villager Chandre Oraon is an incarnation of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman -- worshipped by millions as a symbol of physical strength, perseverance and devotion. "He climbs up trees, behaves like a monkey and is a strict vegetarian, but he is no god and his condition is just a congenital defect," says Bhushan Chakraborty, the local...