India is widely known as the land of tantriks and black magic, India has enthralled generations and generations of scientists and researchers with mysteries that till today remain unsolved and unexplained. Let’s take a look at some of these mysteries of India that have baffled people throughout the ages.
Guess how the Kodinhi village in Kerala got the name of the Twin Village! This tiny little village has a population of 2000 people, out of which there are around 400 pairs of twins! Scientists have yet to figure the reason behind high twinning ratio in this village, while in the rest of the country it is markedly low.
The remote and sleepy village in Kerala’s Malappuram district, continues to be a mystery to researchers. This village has the largest number of twins in the country.
In October 2016, a joint team of researchers from various institutions including CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) and University of London and Germany visited the village to find answers to this phenomenon.
The researchers collected saliva and hair samples from the twins to study their DNA. The study is simultaneously being conducted in Kodinhi, Hung loc commune in Hung Hiepfrom South Vietnam, Igbo-Ora in Nigeria and Cándido Godói in Brazil, where the number of twin births is high. However, nothing has been proved scientifically.
A blue board that reads “Welcome to the God’s own Twins Village–Kodinhi”, welcomes visitors to this village.
