Superstition and blind belief of meeting God in the afterlife, led to the death of five members of a family in Rajasthan. The family was participating in an elaborate ritual after which they had expected Lord Shiv to appear before them. When the ritual failed, they died after consuming poison-laced laddoos. One of the deceased Kanchan Singh Rajput, was a professional photographer who videographed the entire incident. In the video, the family is seen celebrating and talking about meeting god in the afterlife. The three surviving members have been admitted to the Sawai Mansingh Hospital in a critical condition. Newsx asks: is it time to stop teaching our children religious myths and inculcate rational thought?

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