Man cuts off tongue for goddess
2007-04-11 12:21
Jammu - A jobless Indian devotee was admitted to hospital after he cut off his tongue and offered it to a Hindu goddess, police said on Wednesday.
Doctors stitched the wound but said the man, identified as
Suresh Kumar, 24, may not be able to speak again.
The incident took place on Tuesday evening when Kumar
visited a temple dedicated to Hindu goddess Kali on the
outskirts of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian Kashmir.
Inside the temple, he cut his tongue off with a knife and
gave it to the priest to offer it to the deity. He was
immediately rushed to hospital.
"I am a true disciple of the goddess and it is my firm
belief which has given me the strength to offer my tongue to
her," he wrote on a piece of paper when reporters visited him
in hospital.