Updated On: 20 May, 2024 03:43 PM IST | Hyderabad | IANS
Asthma patients from various parts of the country flock to Hyderabad to take this treatment. This 178-yr-old practice of distributing ‘fish prasadam’ in Hyderabad will take place from June 8-9

A yellow colour herbal paste prepared by the family is placed in the mouth of a live ‘murrel’ fingerling, which is then slipped through the throat of the patient. File Pic
Bathini Vishwanatham Goud, president, Bathini Mrigasira Trust, told media persons that they are making all arrangements for the distribution of fish prasadam.
Asthma patients from various parts of Telugu states and other places in the country take this prasadam in June every year in the hope of finding relief from respiratory problems.