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    Special offer: Hindu group offers cow urine in a bid to ward off coronavirus

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    Special offer: Hindu group offers cow urine in a bid to ward off coronavirus

    Experts have repeatedly asserted that cow urine does not cure illnesses


    Published:  March 14, 2020 13:46 Reuters  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Digital Content Producer

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    COW PEE DRINKING PARTY: A Hindu group hosted a cow urine drinking party on Saturday as they believe it wards off the coronavirus, as many Hindus consider the cow sacred and some drink cow urine believing it has medicinal properties. Image Credit: AP
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    EVIDENCE? Experts have repeatedly asserted that cow urine does not cure illnesses like cancer and there is no evidence that it can prevent coronavirus. Image Credit: AP
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    2020-03-14T090154Z_420968197_RC2LJF9YWFKF_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-COW-URINE-PARTY-(Read-Only)
    UNMISSABLE EVENT: The "party," hosted by a group called the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (All India Hindu Union) at its headquarters in the country's capital, was attended by 200 people, and the organisers hoped to host similar events elsewhere in India. Image Credit: Reuters
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    YEARS OF NOURISHMENT: "We have been drinking cow urine for 21 years, we also take bath in cow dung. We have never felt the need to consume English medicine," said Om Prakash, a person who attended the party. Image Credit: AP
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    PHOTO OP: Chakrapani Maharaj, the chief of the All India Hindu Union, posed for photographs as he placed a spoon filled with cow urine near the face of a caricature of the coronavirus. Image Credit: ANI
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    CANCER CURE? Leaders from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party have advocated the use of cow urine as medicine and a cure for cancer. Image Credit: AP
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    ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT: A leader from India's north eastern state of Assam told state lawmakers earlier this month during an assembly session that cow urine and cow dung can be used to treat the coronavirus. Image Credit: AP
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    PUSHBACK AGAINST PANDEMIC? The pathogen, which has infected more than 138,000 people worldwide and left over 5,000 dead, has no specific vaccine or scientific cure at the moment and governments across the world are struggling to control the spread of the pandemic. Image Credit: AFP
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    National president of Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha Swami Chakrapani Maharaj drinks cow urine during an event organized by a Hindu religious group to promote consumption of cow urine as a cure for the new coronavirus in New Delhi, India. Image Credit: AP
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    An Indian Hindu man pours cow urine in a cup during an event organized by a Hindu religious group to promote consumption of cow urine as a cure for the new coronavirus in New Delhi, India. Image Credit: AP
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    Members of Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha drinking Gaumutra (Cow Urine) during the Gaumutra Party for the Neutralize the Effect of Corona Virus, in new Delhi. Image Credit: ANI
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    2020-03-14T085341Z_884527880_RC2KJF97AC62_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-COW-URINE-PARTY-(Read-Only)
    Members of All India Hindu Mahasabha serve a traditional drink with cow urine as an ingredient during a gaumutra (cow urine) party, which according to them helps in warding off coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi. Image Credit: Reuters
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    2020-03-14T084605Z_766222174_RC2KJF9W080T_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-COW-URINE-PARTY-(Read-Only)
    Members of All India Hindu Mahasabha offer cow urine to a caricature of the coronavirus as they attend a gaumutra (cow urine) party, which according to them helps in warding off coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi. Image Credit: Reuters
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    2020-03-14T084706Z_1028154477_RC2KJF9HALRN_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-COW-URINE-PARTY-(Read-Only)
    Members of All India Hindu Mahasabha drink cow urine as they attend a gaumutra (cow urine) party, which according to them helps warding off coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi. Image Credit: Reuters
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    2020-03-14T085318Z_1372071597_RC2KJF9RNQJ4_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-INDIA-COW-URINE-PARTY-(Read-Only)
    A policeman stands guard next to a caricature as members of All India Hindu Mahasabha attend a gaumutra (cow urine) party, which according to them helps in warding off coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Hindu organisation 'Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha' president Chakrapani Maharaj (C-R) drinks with other members and supporters a cup of panchagavya, a traditional Hindu ritual mixture made of cow dung, urine, milk, curd and ghee as they attend a 'gaumutra (cow urine) party' to fight against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in New Delhi on March 14, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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