Madhya Pradesh Worshipped Dinosaur Eggs

For generations in Padlya village in Madhya Pradesh, families worshipped small stone balls as Kakar Bhairav, a clan deity believed to protect their land and livestock. Then paleontologists examined the objects and realized they were actually 70-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur eggs from the Late Cretaceous, part of the rich nesting grounds of the Narmada Valley.

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