HINDU MAN MARRIES A RAT, CLAIMING IT IS THE REINCARNATION OF HIS DEAD WIFE Bangalore, India | A rather unusual wedding took place this morning in the third most populated city in India, as a Hindu man married a female rat which he claims is a reincarnation of his first wife. 41-year old Chidhatma Basu lost his wife in a car accident in January 2017. The father of four young children says he was completely devastated for months, until one day, he made an unusual encounter. “This little female rat showed up on my doorstep, and it had my wife’s eyes and nose.” Mr. Basu says he rapidly understood that the rodent was the reincarnation of his deceased wife. “I offered it my wife’s favorite cookies, and it devoured it just like she would have done.” He claims the animal was immediately affectionate, and even looked at him the same way that his wife did. Mr. Basu consulted temple officials about the mysterious animal and was assured that the rat was, indeed, his reincarnated