Kodinhi in Kerala is known as India’s Town of Twins. Located in Malappuram district, in a population of nearly 20,000 the presence of more than 450 pairs of twins of different ages still remains a riddle for the scientific world. It has the highest rate of twins in the country, although India has one of the lowest twinning rates in the world. The first association of twins in India, The Twins and Kins Association, was founded here. Like many other villages in Kerala, it is lined with coconut palms, crisscrossed with canals and dotted with rice fields. But, when you go deeper into its narrow streets, you come across a large number of identical faces. You will see many lookalike children, in the school and in the nearby market in this village. The oldest twin living in this village is Abdul Hameed and his twin sister Kunhi Kadia.
Initially, only a few twins were born in the years, but later it accelerated and now twins are being born at a very high speed. In 2008, there were 30 twins out of the 300 children born in good health in the village. But in a few years; their number has reached 60. It is not that the twins born here or their mothers have any physical defects or mental deformities, nothing like that. Women also remain healthy and do not suffer from any kind of deformity. The locals believe that this village has God’s special grace which gives birth to more and more twins.
Credit : India Times
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