Hindu Goddess Born With 4 Legs and 4 Arms
Lakshmi Tatma, a 2 year-old girl born with four arms and four legs is thought to be the reincarnation of the Hindu Goddess Vishnu.
Lakshmi was born joined to a “parasitic twin” and absorbed the undeveloped fetus’ limbs, kidneys and organs when it failed to fully develop still inside the mothers womb.
Children born with deformities are often viewed as reincarnated gods. Lakshmi is no different. She is named after the four-armed Hindu Goddess of wealth Vishnu, and her parents say she is revered in her village.
“Everybody considers her a goddess at our village,” said her father, Shambhu.
Last Wednesday, however, she underwent a 24 hour surgery to give her a normal body.
The surgery went “wonderfully well,” said Dr. Sharan Patil who led a team of more than 30 surgeons at a hospital in the southern city of Bangalore that performed the marathon procedure to remove the child’s extra limbs, salvage her organs and rebuild her pelvis area.
“This girl can now lead as good a life as anyone else,” Patil said.
Lakshmi’s parents, who were expected to see the girl later Wednesday, said they were very relieved.
“It will be great to see our daughter have a normal body,” her father Shambhu said. “We were worried for her future.”
Doctors at Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore estimated the surgery cost US$625,000, but they did it for free because the girl’s family could not afford it.
“We are very grateful to all the doctors for seeing our plight and deciding to help us,” Shambhu said.
that is one horrorfying baby…
it seems as tho it’s out of a steven king movie,
or better yet…silent hill?
The prejudice,and ignorance of your opinion,is much more horrific,than any Steven King movie.Hopefully,your future kids will be “normal”.
I agree with you tourex. I’m a mother and I understand, you think the mother of Lakshmi feels alright about giving birth to such a child? The mother is the worst person to feel. To the mother’s horror when she sees her newborn like dat?! Perhaps they were living in a village whereby they don’t get ultrascans like us, so lucky.. Even though with ultrascans we can get surprises too you know..
I totally agree with you two. How can anyone say such a thing. One can only wonder how they were brought up.
well you have to admit, she does kinda look like an octopus, poor dear
i wouldn’t have wanna seen the mothers expression i would’ve wanted to see the midwives expression.
i think it is a discrace the way u put this child down, i bet u dont have ne children of ur own. i have 2 dont get me wrong i would be devestated if ne of me turned out like that this, but i would still LOVE them. AT least now she has had her operation, so she can be no different than ne 1 else and free from people bulling her like u!!!
I think the real disgrace from this whole story is your spelling and grammar…
I was waiting for someone to point that out… Thank you
u are one heck of a nasty, ignorant, infuriating waste of life and I hope you die and come back deformed and miserable as hell
All of you are going to be damned for messing up the reincarnated Hindu Goddess Vishnu. Watch that girl actually be the real thing…
psst psst psst. Should never mess with the round of nature.
And how exactly do you know that the child is an avatar of Vishnu?
And you know what? If I was a god/goddess born on earth to such a body, I would be overjoyed if a team of doctors out of the kindness of their hearts offered me a surgery that would make me able to walk and move around normally like others.
I think you mean “tsk tsk tsk”…
Can anyone in this forum write or read?
Just curious.
She is actually the supposed reincarnation of Lakshmi, a Hndu goddess of wealth.
You are soo horribl how would you feel if your baby was lyk dat and havin everyone say dat. your are soo inconciderate you moron.
i hope your baby is disabled or like tht see how you feel bout it then shall we?
I know its a horriable thing to say about a newborn baby who is sick but the baby that u are talking about has nothing to do with this and u are even worse than allen
I think that I’d rather be born with 4 legs than be as unbelievably unsophisticated as you. Dat? Lyk? WHAT?!
Unless ofcourse you were being sarcastic, in which case I apologise.
AMEN!
Seriously did you take English in school. This is not text messaging.
you know what Allen…dont judge that baby..that is God’s creation..think about this…put yourself that you we’re that baby how do you feel?so dont judge the book by its cover….hope that your kids someday are normal and healthy…
im very upset of your comment to that baby…your a moron and uneducated…you have no heart of symphaty to others…hope that you will not going to have that kind of experience or thing in your family…God knows who are those who have a kind heart to others…
MAN THAT IS MEAN AS MEAN CAN GET HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF YOU HAD A BABY THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT?
Be carefull….your ignorance and lack of compassion is showing. I have no pity for the little girl. I believe she is doing fine. You are the pitiful one. Grow up.
Karma is a bitch I tell you, and such senseless comments like yours, well, lets just hope that your children, or your children’s children don’t have such problems. Stoopid and ignorant. It shows what kind a person you are.
What’s horrific is you - what a narrow minded, insensitive, ignorant person you are, and sadly the world is full of people like you. I suggest you try and broaden your mind and while you’re at it, learn to spell.
Great to see smile on her face.
“Doctors at Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore estimated the surgery cost US$625,000, but they did it for free because the girl’s family could not afford it.”
In a world gone mad, great to see the goodness in mankind can still exist.
I am so glad that she has come through her operation well. I am so glad that the doctors did it for free.
I hope that the people in her village will except her when she comes back.
In Spite of Allen getting told off for his comment on this by two other commenters, I have one more thing to add to this article…
“Spider baby, Spider baby, Does whatever a Spiderbaby can!”
Someone had too.
lol, even though it is slack.
Wow, that is a bit on the disturing side. I’m just glat that she was able to get an operation, and even for free. Good to see that there are still some good doctors out there who just want to help people and don’t do it just for the high-paying salary.
I’m glad to hear it was a success operation.
poor kid.
The world is full of beautiful suprises.
Well said!
It is so sad to see that they dismembered the incarnation of God Vishnu. I hope that Vishnu will never forgive them and i hope that the doctors would be born as cockroaches in their next life.
im sorry but this was clearly a birth defect and only a retard would be blind enough not to see that these two twins were born conjointed…I would love to see you grow up with 8 limbs and two hips…it would be misery…I hope that in your next life you do even if that means I will have to come back as a cockroach
LLLLOOOLLLL!!!!
The doctors are not being *that* generous. If they separate this child, they will have the distinction of being the first Indian doctors to successfully do so. Plus, they get lots of media attention. And they get to write articles about this. Conjoined twins are rare, especially of this variety. The price of the surgery is cheap compared to all the fringe benefits they will get.
She was named Lakshmi…after the goddess Lakshmi…not Vishnu.
Most of these negative, cruel and “horrifying” comments are made about an innocent two year old girl. I am especially appalled to hear them coming from parents. How would you like if your child had a disfigurement and people said such things about them? Would you love them any less?? Let’s also not forget that this 2 YEAR OLD CHILD, not a animal, but a human being…and was thought of by her village and most of the people in her country as a goddess. Shows you the ignorance we possess in America and the western world. People wonder why America is like the most hated country in the world…..
I don’t believe she is the goddess, but it would be pretty cool if she was the “today” goddess on Earth. ;]
vishnu is a hindu goddess? hahahaha….real ignorance! it only had to be looked up on the net….
vishnu is male ‘Patriarch’ god and lakshmi is his female counterpart. Hence the baby was named Lakshmi.
Actually…for those who have never taken a course on world religions…yes Vishnu is USUALLY viewed as male and Lakshmi is USUALLY viewed as female, it is my understanding that the gods and goddesses in the Hindu religion can be either or (as in either male of female.) Not saying this is necessarily 100% true but that’s what both books said as well as an instructor who has visited with many Hindus.
Thank you! I was wondering if anyone else caught that.
I can’t see a butt or any sort of genitalia. Does she have one? And if not, I guess the parents don’t have to worry about diapers or food? Because it wouldn’t really make sense if she could eat food but she couldn’t urinate or excrete.
Why you have made a comment about how Lakshmi will urinate or excrete I will never know. That is something that you should not be thinking about let alone commenting upon. The most important thing is that she is alive and well and loved for by her parents, which is evident. Some of the comments on his site have appauled me and only reinforce that people with impairments are truly made disabled by society’s ignorance and fears.
Well, you sure sound like one of those people who are content to be ignorant! Just because somebody is curious about how she urinates or has bowel movements doesn’t mean that they’re weird or mean. It’s healthy curiosity. That’s how a lot of people become doctors, moron! I wondered about it too. I mean if she couldn’t relieve herself, then where was all of the excrement going? That can’t have been healthy! Smart people ask questions. Stupid people don’t even want to know. (And yeah…I said “stupid”. Ignorant people don’t even know what they’re missing, whereas a stupid person does but doesn’t care.)
And another thing. Just because somebody has a question about it, doesn’t mean they AREN’T happy that she’s alive. It doesn’t mean that they don’t agree that her welfare is the most important thing. It’s people like you that make the world crappy these days. It’s people like you who are constantly making a big deal out of everything and turn everything into a fight. Then you sit around wondering how everyone is so mean and messed up. Start fixing the world by fixing yourself.
Thank you very much, that comment made my month.
I agree, those who make fun of a two year old child are ignorant and will reap what you sow. A child is a child and as an adult you should have more intelligence, morals and integrity than to make fun of a child.
tht is so wried if i was the mum n dad i would be every upset how dose she walk tht what i want 2 know
learn to spell eijit.
SHE A BEAUTIFUL CHILD! WHAT IF THAT WAS YOU?
Remember, those who write comments making fun of Lakshmi is only seeking attention. This means that their mentality is also childlike, so ignore the “ignorant”. They will write things to get under your skin. They are cowards who will not type such ignorant comments showing their faces…
As for Lakshmi….She will always be considered a goddess in the eyes of those who respect her. Her being the goddess that she is also has a right to live in comfort and always be remembered for her significance….
What, because of stereotyping dicks assuming anyone with an opinion that isn’t theirs must be an American?
Nature make mistakes…Man must fix them when possible!
imagine that in the bedroom! she would be a handful
Are u bloody stupid?
It’s a child, 2 yrs old, not ready for the “bedroom” and ur putting comments like that?? What makes it worse and even more ignorant is ur commenting on a page that reveals she had a sucessful surgery….. lemme break it down for u, u slow being… she won’t be like that by the time she’s ready for the “bedroom”, freak!
Have some respect.
Wow,the anger here is exstreme.
Take a puff and relax guys..
spider baby heh.
all of you getting upset are ridiculous.
get a sense of humor and get off your superiority complex.
No they’re not being rediculous. It’s not funny to poke fun at people in these types of situations. Would you like it if your child were born this way and people made fun of him/her? Then told you to relax and get a sense of humor when you got upset?
i think that this siutation is very sad but shes very brave to go threw all this and i wish her the best of luck and life and i jus want to say for all the ppl talking about this child thats not funny and yall can die and go 2 hell cause she cant help the way she made or was born. and if theirs anything we kan do please let us know
Oh she is so cute!!! that it so sad!!!! But now she looks great!!!!!!
Wow that is sad well i told my dad and he got sad well anyway
XOXO,
Miley cyrus
when i read this artical for a project i’m doing for biology i thought i was gonna cry its so sad.
You know what? I think that little girl is so pretty and precious. She is being very well taken care of and obviously very loved. I don’t feel sad for her. I have a feeling that she had a very wonderful blessing that many of us will never have the chance to understand or experience.
I have a daughter now 3yrs old. I love her so much! I respect the parents who went through hell so that she can have a future. I respect all those courageous parents who takes on such big responsibility.. God Bless You!
Please do not make jokes, one day when you have a child you will know what its all about and in the event that you have a child then I pray that they are healthy so that others don’t make jokes of them.
i dont know if this child is lakshmi or not, however how can any of you judge the parents of this child for their decision. i don’t have a child but i know if i did i would want them to be able to live a life that is as easy for them as possible, just like any of you would. if this child is really lakshmi then do you think she would want to go through this pain throughout her life? and how can you wish someone to be born as a cockroach for being so kind and respecting a familys wishes.
you retards… the child must be able to use teh bathroom, or it wouldnt have survived to two years old… she has normal genitalia…its just on the sides of her body with those spindly things O.o
how dare they remove those extra limbs? this girl was a goddess and would have been praised in my country. now she is simply like every other person in this world because you idiots cant stand to see something different. god created this beautiful child the way he wanted her to be, but ofcourse jealous people didnt want her to be octopus girl so they removed her gifts from god!! u people are monsters!!!
You are comparing a child with birth defects to a mythological character. Yes… MYTHOLOGICAL which means “belonging to traditional stories and lacking factual basis or historical validity”. Her parents did the right thing and saved her from ending up as an attraction in some village temple. The true gift she received was the compassion of the doctors and hospital staff who made her operation possible.
Gee, how nice of you.
You know, I’m a Hindu and I don’t believe in Christianity at all. But still I wouldn’t go around being disrespectful to Christians.
Next time you feel like sticking up for someone, I suggest you leave your personal religous beliefs out of it. All it does is overshadow what you’re trying to say, and makes you look like a rude bastard.
While I agree with you, I have to say that you’re being awfully biased even while you’re spouting off about how people shouldn’t be biased based on their religion. Just because you happen to be of the same faith as the people who believe the girl is Lakshmi, I see that you haven’t said anything to those who are saying mean things about the people who performed the surgery on her. They sure seem to be saying rude things based on their religion, don’t you think?
Would you be happy spending life in a temple and never being able to do things others could normally do?
And um.. are you implying that when she was deformed she was a goddess, but now that she isn’t she’s normal? How does that work?
You know, even without the deformity, I’m sure god will still find her beautiful in his eyes.
Problem is that her body can’t continue to support 2 bodies. They had to remove the parasite otherwise the girl would have died from lack of nutrition.
ok this is where u earn ur badge of dimwit. If she is so special in value, because she was born with the limbs, who says her value will decrease ne simply cause they’re removed, I dont even think u guys watched the videos. They see her as a goddess simply cause she was a supposed reincarnation of the goddess, Lakshmi. Removing her limbs doesn’t change that……
How is she now? Does anyone know? I hope she’s well. Bless the dear child.
whew! she must be in guiness world of records, or ripleys bielive it or believe.. hehehe. nice story.. im so amazec.
That babies a freak i hate her she’s the spawn of frickin Satan! Jesus Christ!
people like you make the world a bad place.
MAN I AGREE WITH YOU IN EVERY WAY POSIBLE WHAT HE SAID IS THE WRONGEST THING IVE EVER HEARD!
Life’s that boring huh?
Wow…THAT was well informed and intelligent…*note the sarcasm*.
O_o
Um… it’s not the child’s fault that she was BORN THAT WAY! She had no control over how she was formed in the womb… Why am I even saying this!? Hello people! How ignorant and uneducated can you get?!
Joey the level of your stupidity is truly beyond me. How can you even think to say that the child is a spawn of Satan and use Jesus Christ as your defense. You need to reevaluate your connection with Christianity. Would Jesus really look down upon that child as being a freak; is that what he said to the lepers he healed. All I can say is may God help you see the light through your ignorance.
Vishnu is a god not a goddess, or at least usually. Some Hindus believe Jesus is an avatar of Vishnu.
Really? I’ve never heard of that before. Interesting.
Yea, some believe that Buddha is an avatar of Vishnu too. Really, I just did a report on it.
Really? That’s pretty interesting! I have always believed that, for the most part, all religions are one. It’s just like how different people can look at one painting and see different things. They are all looking at the same painting, but they find different meanings and emotions in the painting. That’s how I think religion is.
On another note, I wanted to say this: SEE! Not ALL Christians are closed-minded and hateful! Haha! I’m a Christian and I sure have thought about this stuff.
wow! thats really interesting…my friend told me about this. she’s soooo cute! (well I don’t mean all the arms and everything, but her face and shtuff) I hope she lives a happy life!
sorry baby….
oh your fucking god… you pople, all of you, are the biggest fucking hipacrits i have ever seen. this is worse than half of hollywood. you getting angry at this person for saying something but you wishing for them to have a deformed child?! whats wrong with you people? like none of you were even a little freaked out about he apearnce? I dont know if she NEEDED the operation but its people like you who would make her get it. I would wish something bad upon you but i would end upsinking to your level. mothers… especily that one at the top… how were YOU raised? huh? its people like you who make me ashamed to be a human being
For those of you making fun of her, grow up! For those of you telling off the people who made fun of her, Grow up because telling them to die and come back as cockroaches and hoping that they have disabled children…news flash, your no better than they are now, and for those of you reeming out the doctors because its for publicity, grow up becasue at least she can have a normal life now, and thats what matters!
Chelsea-grow up! I saw that you were being all inclusive. Therefore I did not want you to leave the most important person out…yourself
its really sad what people say at times,may the lord bless her to have a normal life she is only a child,let us pray for her and her parents.
im a mother of one and my kid died a week ago cause of body disfigurement!i cried for three days afterword!!! at least she lived. grow up and think how you would feel if that happened to youre kid!!!!!! i wouldnt give a care in the world and love her just the same as i did my dead child!!!!!! i hope ya’lls kids r born as freaks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if the kid was able to poop? Not trying to be funny, but after seeing the pictures, I wonder if her organs were hidden by the other body. So were they stuck end to end or head to end?
T…. if u listened to the video…. they said that the parasitic twin was headless……. and they had to seperate the twins from the spinal chord….. hope that helps…
its wrong she shouldnt of gone through with the surgery she wasnt in pain she just looked diffrent i dont think it was fair
She may not have been in pain, but that doesn’t mean there was nothing wrong. And she may have ended up pained later in life, too. Some of the things she may never have noticed as uncomfortable because she was always like that. I don’t remember what all else they said, but I did hear in the video that the doctor said she always had a fever because of the parasitic effect of the twin. It may not sound like much, but that’s unhealthy. Also, I think the doctors probably know a little bit more about what needs to be done for the welfare of the baby than you do.
And to those who are saying that the doctors were only doing it for fame…that’s pretty ridiculous. That’s like saying that Jesus sucked because now everyone knows who He is and all the good things He did are nothing because He was just doing it to go to Heaven and be famous. Just because something happens to make a person gain recognition doesn’t mean that they did it specifically for that purpose. Remember, these people were doctors who wanted to help people before they were famous. I’m sure they wanted to help her for all the right reasons, too.