{"id":92305,"date":"2014-06-18T09:28:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T05:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=92305"},"modified":"2014-06-18T09:28:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T05:28:36","slug":"indian-teenager-is-worshipped-because-he-has-a-seven-inch-tail-but-may-need-it-removed-as-hes-unable-to-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=92305","title":{"rendered":"Indian teenager is worshipped because he has a seven inch TAIL &#8211; but may need it removed as he&#8217;s unable to walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Arshid-Ali-Khan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-92303\" alt=\"Arshid Ali Khan\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Arshid-Ali-Khan.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Arshid-Ali-Khan.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Arshid-Ali-Khan-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Arshid-Ali-Khan-304x300.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An Indian teenager is worshipped as a god because he has a 7ins \u2018tail\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Arshid Ali Khan, 13, has become a divine symbol in the state of Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>Locals have hailed him a reincarnation of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman &#8211; and refer to him as Balaji.<\/p>\n<p>However, Arshid has to use a wheelchair and he is considering having the \u2018tail\u2019 removed.<\/p>\n<p>Arshid lives with his grandfather, Iqbal Qureshi, and two uncles, after his father died when he was four and his mother remarried.<\/p>\n<p>Arshid&#8217;s home has been converted into a temple where his devotees come to visit him to receive his blessings and touch his \u2018tail\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, Arshid often struggles to balance his time with his faithful devotees and attending school and playing with his friends.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his supposed powers, Arshid has to use a wheelchair and suffers from an undiagnosed disorder.<\/p>\n<p>This month he is due to see a doctor who has said he can successfully remove the appendage &#8211; but his family are sceptical and say they would rather he kept his tail than undertake a risky operation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/\">\u00a0\u0531\u0576\u056f\u0561\u056d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian teenager is worshipped as a god because he has a 7ins \u2018tail\u2019. Arshid&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":92303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,155,137],"tags":[11329],"class_list":["post-92305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-other-countries","category-world","tag-indian-teenager","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}