00:03Laks of people flocked to Hyderabad to swallow this tiny fish. No this is not a
00:08food festival, it's Hyderabad's famous fish prasadam, a newly 180 year old
00:12tradition that many believe helps cure asthma and respiratory ailments. Every
00:16year, laks travel from across India to the Naampali exhibition grounds where
00:20members of the Bathini family administer a small maral fish carrying a secret
00:25herbal paste.
00:26They get a fish, they carry a fish in a packet here, as you can see a live fish is
00:30brought in water here and the medicine is stuffed into this particular fish and
00:35then the medicine is given to the person or the child who is receiving the
00:43medication here. Vegetarians received the same formulation mixed with jaggery. This
00:47year too the crowd was massive. People came from Odisha, Bihar, Telangana and beyond,
00:52some traveling overnight, others waiting hours in line.
01:19For devotees, it's not just about medicine. It's about faith, family tradition and hope.
01:37He was an asthmatic patient and after taking, I think, two or three times, his asthema just went away. So
01:47it's like a ritual kind of thing, so we are taking it for a precaution.
01:51But there's also a debate. While laks were by the practice, medical experts say there is no conclusive scientific evidence
01:57that fish prasadam cures asthma. Yet year after year, the crowd keep growing. Because for many here, faith is reason
02:04enough.
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