Watch: Children buried neck-deep to cure disabilities during solar eclipse

As part of a bizarre superstition, three disabled children of the Tajastanpura in the Gulbarga district of Karnataka were buried into pits during solar eclipses on Thursday. The villagers believed that burying their children into sand pits could cure their disability. However, unaware and careless about the possible consequences, parents willingly bury their kids. People residing in the parts of North Karnataka still follow this age-old culture of superstitious belief.