NEW DELHI: Last month, 500-odd Dinkoists – followers of a religion called Dinkoism – caused a bit of a stir when they congregated in Kerala and demanded they be given ' minority status ’.The Dinkoists are a group of people that worship a mouse called Lord Dinkan.Legend has it that it’s actually Lord Dinkan who created the world. Apparently, he was eating a cassava, was bored and let out a sort of mock laugh. That’s what led to the formation of time and space—and the world. So nix that Big Bang Theory.For real? No.Well, that's exactly the reaction the Dinkoists have, though, when confronted with religious orthodoxy and superstition, or as they put it, “the absurdity of blind religious faith.”Dinkoists challenge irrational beliefs and provide scientific explanations for many alleged miracles. They also believe in gender equality and saving the environment.Where did they get their ‘god’ from?Lord Dinkan is actually Dinkan, a comic superhero mouse, who first appeared in 1983 in a now-defunct Malayalam children's magazine 'Balamangalam'.