As Lok Sabha race heats up, a turtle revered as god becomes poll mascot in Bengal's Cooch Behar | Long Reads News

For over a decade, a village in north Bengal and conservationists have been trying to save an endangered group of black softshell turtles that live in the local temple pond and are worshipped as a Vishnu avatar

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