A girl born with four arms and four legs was successfully operated on Wednesday after an arduous 24-hour procedure done by doctors in the Southern Indian city of Bangalore.

Dr. Sharan Patil of Sparsh Hospital, who led a team of more than 30 surgeons in the operation, stated that the surgery went "wonderfully well," removing Lakshmi Tatma's extra limbs, salvaging her organs and restoring her pelvis area.

She added that the 2-year-old girl born in the Indian state rural part of Bahir, can now live her normal life as anyone else does.

Lakshmi, who has been looked up by some people in her village as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, was conceived joined at the pelvis to a parasitic twin that discontinued developing in her mother's womb.

The surviving fetus assimilated the undeveloped fetus' limbs, kidneys and other body organs.

A paediatric surgeon at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Doug Miniati stated, though took no part in the operation: "This is a very rare occurrence."

He added that the surgery was very difficult but there is a greater chance of survival.

By midnight of the operation, a team neurologists had split the fused spines while orthopaedic surgeon removed most of the parasite, with a cautious identification which organs and internal structures belonged to the girl, Patil narrated.

The kidney transplant to Lakshmi, which was taken from the twin, was also part of the procedure.

Furthermore, Patil said that the girl will have more treatments and possible surgery for clubbed feet before she would have the ability to walk.

The parents of the patient stated that they were very eased.

As part of the Indian belief, children born with deformities in the rural parts of the country are often viewed as reincarnated gods.

Doctors at the Sparsh offered the surgery, which roughly cost $625,000, for free due to financial problems of the girl's family.

Lakshmi's family was very grateful with the hospital and the doctors who made the operation possible and successful.