Tag: Superstitions

Keonjhar: Presenting a disturbing trend, infants continue to be branded with hot iron by superstitious parents in the State as a cure of ailments. On Saturday, another infant was branded with hot iron to cure stomach ailments at Kharba village under Harichandanpur block in the district. The matter came to light only on Sunday morning when the […]

Angul: Despite lot of awareness, villagers in several parts of Odisha continue fall prey to superstitions and other blind beliefs. In one such incident, a family hired a sorcerer to revive a dead woman in Angul. According to reports, a woman identified as Rinki Barik was bitten by a venomous snake on Saturday. Though the […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: There has been yet another incident of a black magician trying to revive a dead body at a government-run hospital in the state. The latest report has come from Bhawanipatna, the district headquarter town of tribal-dominated Kalahandi. The family members of one Satish Gopal of Dumerimunda village from Kalahandi’s Kesinga area […]

Malkangiri: Despite modernisation, availability of technology and awareness, superstitions and blind faiths continue to rule the roost in Odisha. One such shocking instance has now come to the fore from the tribal-dominated Malkangiri district where a sorcerer was seen biting a woman to cure fever. According to sources, one Dule Beti of Urmaguda village under […]