New Delhi: Veteran Bollywood actor and BJP MP from Mathura, Hema Malini has claimed that performing regular ‘havan’ at home can protect a person from various diseases, including coronavirus, according to a report in The Times of India. Sharing a video on World Environment Day on Saturday she appealed to the people to perform havan at their homes to “cleanse the environment” and also save themselves from various diseases, such as Covid-19. Also Read - Delhi Logs 381 New Covid-19 Cases, Lowest Since March 15; Fatalities at 34
The lawmaker also shared the ingredients used by her for havan — neem leaves, ghee, cloves, mustard seeds, salt and loban. She said, “I have been doing this for many years after offering puja. And, started doing it twice a day since the pandemic. It not only cleans the environment, but also gives a sense of purity, besides keeping diseases like corona out.” Also Read - HIV+ Woman Carries Covid For More Than 6 Months, Develops 32 Mutations Inside Body
In another purported video shared on Friday, Hema Malini had said that practice of havan is believed to be effective in cleaning the negativity since ages. “Today the entire world is struggling with the pandemic outbreak and the wrath of nature. I appeal to everyone to hold havan at home not only on environment day but almost every day till we defeat corona,” she said, adding that this solution has no connection with any caste or religion. She also congratulated the RSS Mathura wing for taking an initiative of organising havan in every household on the World Environment Day. Also Read - Telangana: Unhappy With Isolation, COVID Positive Woman Forcibly Hugs Daughter-in-law to Infect Her