The calf was born with eyes, nose and ears resembling those of a human in an animal shelter in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, northern India.
Hundreds of locals from surrounding villages have gathered to pay their respects to the calf
Sadly, it died within an hour of its birth on Thursday – but locals from nearby villages still gathered to seek its blessing, believing it to be an avatar of Hindu God Lord Vishnu.

Video footage shows people offering flowers and bowing before the dead calf, which has been kept inside a glass box since it died.

Now, locals plan to build a temple for the animal.

Mahesh Kathuria, 50, a local businessman, said: “God has taken birth from the body of a local cow. We came here to seek his blessings. Religiously, it is an avatar of Vishnu.

“We believe it’s a similar character mentioned in Bhagavata Puran, a Hindu religious text.”