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The document compares and contrasts two traditional healing models for mental illness in India: the Balaji temple in Rajasthan and the Dava-Dua Project in Gujarat. The Balaji temple focuses on exorcism of spirits but its effectiveness is uncertain and the belief in spirit possession can stigmatize mental illness. The Dava-Dua Project integrates traditional faith healing with psychiatry in a culturally sensitive way to provide holistic treatment. Both models are influenced by cultural and social factors but

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shristi

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