People from most of the world might be curing the Coronavirus for the pandemic and a global crisis that has come with it. However, some people in India might be too nice to curse as they have recognized the Coronavirus as the goddess and have set up two idols to worship her for mercy.

Two "Corona Devi" idols have been set in Coimbatore city in the southern Indian state of Tamilnadu. The outbreak has killed more than a hundred thousand people in the country in less than a month.

The idols are set in the Kamatchipuri Adhinam temple which is closed to the public amid the pandemic. However, the priests are paying tribute to the corona goddesses, worshipping the idols one made of sandalwood and the other from stone.

“We are worshipping the virus in the form of a goddess and praying to her every day to reduce the impacts of this disease,” the temple manager  Anandbharathi K said.

The priests offer chants, foods, fruits, and other offerings to idols and bathe the idols with turmeric water, and milk.

The priests plan to continue their prayers to the “Corona Devi” idols for another seven weeks.