Indian Baby with Tail

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This is a rather sad little story, which was reported by numerous media outlets in early 2002. There's never been a follow-up report of any kind, so the fate of the child remains unknown.

Sify News Service of India said:
An 11-month-old baby boy with a 4-inch long tail born to a Muslim family in Khera, Chandigarh, is being revered by Hindus as a reincarnation of Lord Hanuman at a time when communal passions are running high in the country.

The baby hailed as Bajrangbali (Lord Hanuman) has been attracting hundreds of devotees who seek his blessings and offer cash, jewellery and expensive clothes.

An enthusiastic Iqbal Qureshi, the baby's grandpa, gushes that the divine baby also has nine spots on his body like Hanuman. Whether true or false, the baby Hanuman has helped in bringing the Hindus and Muslims together in this part of the country at least.

The baby's fans include several Hindu priests who have formed a group to take charge of his 'spiritual journey'. Their plan is to take the baby to several temples outside the state where his devotees can seek blessings.

Doctors at the Post Graduate Institute in Chandigarh fear that if the baby is not taken to a hospital for medical treatment and surgical removal of the abnormality which could be a chromosomal defect, its life is in danger.

But their efforts to examine the baby have been resisted fiercely by the baby's devotees led by the head priest of a local Hanuman temple.


"Gods don't require a medical certificate," he thundered. "The baby is a reincarnation of Lod Hanuman. That's what matters."

This is perverse logic, observe the doctors. The abnormality is a freak genetic mutation, the doctors are convinced. But that hasn't stopped the devotees from making a beeline to the baby's home.

Another child specialist laments that if the abnormality is not removed, the baby's chances of growing up into a normal adult are very bleak. But neither the baby's parents nor the devotees are in a mood to listen.

Ananova News Service said:
Doctors in India fear a baby believed to be the reincarnation of a Hindu god may need urgent surgery.

The Muslim boy was born with a four inch tail and is worshipped as a reincarnation of the monkey god Hanuman.

His family refuse to let him be examined by doctors who think he may have a deformity of the spinal column or a tumour.

The baby called Bajrangbali, another name for Hanuman, is being displayed at temples across the country.

Dr Surender Sharma says: "The parents will be making the child's life more difficult if they don't see a paediatrician immediately. The appendage could well be a deformity of the spinal column or a tumour that could require urgent surgery."

Dr Sanjeev Bagai, a paediatrician in Chandigarh, told the Jagriti newspaper: "It is ridiculous to connect a genetic abnormality with the divine. The child requires surgical intervention."

Requests by doctors at the Postgraduate Institute in Chandigarh to let them examine the boy have been turned down by family members.

Hindu religious leaders have rallied behind the child's family saying gods do not require certificates from doctors to confirm their authenticity.

The child's grandfather Iqbal Qureshi says: "Doctors are expected to be cynical. They don't appear to have realised that a miracle has taken place. The country is blessed. A Hindu god has reincarnated in a Muslim family and can bring the two communities closer."

Dr Bagai adds: "It's time they stopped imagining things. One wishes they understood he could be suffering and may not have long to live."