KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A 23-year-old Nepali man cut off his right hand after morning prayers and offered it to Kali, the Hindu goddess of power, the Annapurna Post local daily said on Wednesday.

Rajesh Tajpuria, who runs a drug store in the southeastern town of Rangeli, is undergoing treatment at a hospital, it said.

More than 80 percent of Nepal's 26 million people are Hindus who frequently sacrifice animals such as goats, buffaloes and roosters in temples


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Unspecified Locations (Reuters) - A Nepali man known as Comrade C cut off his dong after morning prayers and offered it to Communist leader Prachanda, whose dong had rotted out during his jungle days when fungus had spread and decayed the organ.

Comrade C, who runs a drug store in the southeastern town of Rangeli, is undergoing mental evaluations for his dogmatic worshipping of the political leader, it said.

More than 80 percent of Nepal's 26 million people are Hindus who frequently sacrifice animals such as goats, buffaloes and roosters in temples


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