Publicity-hungry swami drinks cow urine at Delhi party to piss off coronavirus, may go viral
Swami Chakrapani Maharaj and his outfit, known as the All India Hindu Mahasabha, held a "gaumutra party" today while India battles an epidemic of the new coronavirus disease, Covid-19. Read on. Want to protect yourself? We'll tell you what can really work.
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Ganesh Radha-Udayakumar
Ganesh Radha-Udayakumar
New Delhi
March 14, 2020UPDATED: March 14, 2020 21:05 IST
GAU CORONA GAU: All India Hindu Mahasabha members drinking cow urine at a Delhi "gaumutra party", which according to them helps ward off the coronavirus disease, Covid-19. (Photo: Reuters/March 14)
HIGHLIGHTS
All India Hindu Mahasabha throws "gaumutra party"
Delhi event comes during Covid-19 outbreak
200 took part, organisers hope to host more events: Report
Kullads, garlands and saffron robes: it wasn't like any Delhi party you've seen. The only thing raging here? The enormous tongue of flame pouring out of "corona's" mouth.
Scary. But enter Swami Chakrapani Maharaj. Yes, the same gentleman who said a couple of years ago that flood victims in Kerala shouldn't receive help if they ate beef.
Today, he introduced a picture of a many-armed, lion-headed caricature -- "Corona", meant to represent the deadly new coronavirus -- to cow urine. (See photo below.)
Chakrapani Maharaj's outfit, known as the All India Hindu Mahasabha, hasn't been alone in peddling the gaumutra cure for the new coronavirus disease, Covid-19.
A BJP MLA from Assam, Suman Haripriya, recently suggested that cow urine and cow dung can be used to treat the infection. She also said gaumutra can cure cancer, echoing a claim made by party colleague and Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur -- one that prompted an opposition lawmaker to mock her as a potential candidate for the health ministry.
But let's get back to today's gaumutra party.
A report by Reuters says 200 people took part, and that the organisers "hoped to host similar events elsewhere in India".
Really? Perhaps they should take a look at advice tweeted recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi:
"We can break the chain of spread and ensure the safety of all by avoiding large gatherings."
All India Hindu Mahasabha chief Swami Chakrapani Maharaj pouring cow urine on a poster which features the new coronavirus as a demon. (Photo: AP/March 14)
Swami Chakrapani Maharaj and his outfit, known as the All India Hindu Mahasabha, held a "gaumutra party" today while India battles an epidemic of the new coronavirus disease, Covid-19. Read on. Want to protect yourself? We'll tell you what can really work.
ADVERTISEMENT
Ganesh Radha-Udayakumar
Ganesh Radha-Udayakumar
New Delhi
March 14, 2020UPDATED: March 14, 2020 21:05 IST
GAU CORONA GAU: All India Hindu Mahasabha members drinking cow urine at a Delhi "gaumutra party", which according to them helps ward off the coronavirus disease, Covid-19. (Photo: Reuters/March 14)
HIGHLIGHTS
All India Hindu Mahasabha throws "gaumutra party"
Delhi event comes during Covid-19 outbreak
200 took part, organisers hope to host more events: Report
Kullads, garlands and saffron robes: it wasn't like any Delhi party you've seen. The only thing raging here? The enormous tongue of flame pouring out of "corona's" mouth.
Scary. But enter Swami Chakrapani Maharaj. Yes, the same gentleman who said a couple of years ago that flood victims in Kerala shouldn't receive help if they ate beef.
Today, he introduced a picture of a many-armed, lion-headed caricature -- "Corona", meant to represent the deadly new coronavirus -- to cow urine. (See photo below.)
Chakrapani Maharaj's outfit, known as the All India Hindu Mahasabha, hasn't been alone in peddling the gaumutra cure for the new coronavirus disease, Covid-19.
A BJP MLA from Assam, Suman Haripriya, recently suggested that cow urine and cow dung can be used to treat the infection. She also said gaumutra can cure cancer, echoing a claim made by party colleague and Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur -- one that prompted an opposition lawmaker to mock her as a potential candidate for the health ministry.
But let's get back to today's gaumutra party.
A report by Reuters says 200 people took part, and that the organisers "hoped to host similar events elsewhere in India".
Really? Perhaps they should take a look at advice tweeted recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi:
"We can break the chain of spread and ensure the safety of all by avoiding large gatherings."
All India Hindu Mahasabha chief Swami Chakrapani Maharaj pouring cow urine on a poster which features the new coronavirus as a demon. (Photo: AP/March 14)
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