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Kerala man builds a shrine for 'Corona Devi' to ward off COVID-19 pandemic

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Anilan from Kerala's Kollam district has started worshipping ‘Corona Devi’ to "ward off the virus". Anilan, a native of Kadakkal has installed an idol which looks similar to the coronavirus at a makeshift shrine next to his house.

Anilan assumed the dreaded virus that kept the world leaders at the tender hook, as a deity. The Hindu mythology explains that God is omnipresent, even in a virus. According to him, the shrine is a mark of protest against the political parties who are "trying to exploit people" during the pandemic by withholding them from visiting places of worship.

Anilan conducts daily rituals in front of the idol made of thermocol.He has dedicated the temple to corona-warriors such as health workers, scientists trying to find vaccines, police-fire and rescue officers, journalists working in the frontline.

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