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Children buried alive in Hindu ritual

Sat, 2009-11-14 15:15 — Robyn

Over 80 people in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu face jail for burying their own children alive in a gruesome religious ritual…

The accused parents and villagers are due in court after police swooped on them taking part in a Hindu rite, near the town of Rajapalayam, around 500 kilometres south from the Tamil Nadu state capital Chennai, on 11 April.
In the ceremony - called ‘Kuzhimattru’ which means ‘changing pits’ in the south Indian language Tamil - followers take a vow to bury their firstborn if the Gods bless them with a child.

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