A member of Bathini Goud family inserts fish medicine believed to be a cure for asthma into mouth of a fish before administering it to a patient in Hyderabad. - Photo: K.V.S. Giri
A member of Bathini Goud family administers Fish Medicine' to an asthma patient at the Exhibition Grounds in Hyderabad on Wednesday. - Photo: K.V.S. Giri
Fish sales hit the roof on Mrigasira Karthi on June 8 and fishermen turned busy on Wednesday at Paleru Reservoir in Khammam District. - PHOTO: G.N. RAO
A member of Bathini Goud family administers 'Fish Medicine' to an asthma patient at the Exhibition Grounds in Hyderabad on Wednesday. - Photo: K.V.S. Giri
A child being forcibly administered 'Fish Medicine' by Bathini Goud family members at the Exhibition Grounds in Hyderabad on Wednesday. - Photo: K.V.S. Giri
People waiting patiently at the crowded Exhibition Grounds in Hyderabad where 'Fish Medicine'was being distributed to asthma patients on Wednesday. - Photo: K.V.S. Giri
An Asthma patient being administered fish medicine by a Bathini Goud family member in Hyderabad on Wednesday. - Photo: PTI
A fisherman trying his luck in Paleru Reservoir in Khammam district as demand for fish shot up on Mrigasira Karthi day on Wednesday. - PHOTO: G.N. RAO
A policeman inserts fish medicine into a patient's mouth in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The medicine is believed to be a cure for asthma. It is administered on the auspicious day of 'Mrigasira Karti' which falls in June with the onset of Monsoon. - Photo: K.V.S. Giri
A live fish beaing readided for inserting asthma medicine being administered to patients at Exhibition Grounds in Hyderabad on Wednesday. - Photo: K.V.S. Giri
Hoping for a magical cure to asthma, a patient gets prepared for administering of 'Fish Medicine'by a member of the Bathini Goud family in Hyderabad on Wednesday. - Photo: K.V.S. Giri