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Made snana--ritual/superstition - treatment for skin disorder and leprosy

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Made snana--ritual/superstition - treatment for skin disorder and leprosy
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09-Dec-2010, 08:23 AM (This post was last modified: 09-Dec-2010, 08:47 AM by AnilGowda.)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/...067993.cms


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09-Dec-2010, 08:44 AM
one other article from 'The Hindu'--reporting this nonsense-- with photograph

http://hindu.com/2010/12/08/stories/2010...830900.htm

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10-Dec-2010, 12:48 PM
Probably leads to quite a few skin diseases.
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10-Dec-2010, 02:04 PM
Thanks for posting this, Anil. It is a dehumanizing practice, symbolic of deep seated sickness.

Quote:"the practice of non-Brahmin devotees rolling on the plantain leaves on which Brahmins would have partaken food."
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~ J.B.S.Haldane, on being asked to falsify evolution.
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