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HINDU HOLY MAN ALIVE, HEALTHY WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER
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| Dr. Jai Maharaj 2004-10-25, 7:11 pm |
| Fasting fakir flummoxes physicians
By Rajeev Khanna
BBC correspondent in Ahmedabad
BBC
Monday, October 25, 2004
Doctors and experts are baffled by an Indian hermit who
claims not to have eaten or drunk anything for several
decades - but is still in perfect health.
[Caption] Mr Prahlad Jani under surveillance in hospital
View picture here:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/imag...ullfakir203.jpg
Prahlad Jani, a holy man, or fakir, who is over 70 years
old, has just spent 10 days under constant observation in
Sterling Hospital, in the western Indian city of
Ahmedabad.
During that time, he did not consume anything and
"neither did he pass urine or stool", according to the
hospital's deputy superintendent, Dr Dinesh Desai.
Yet he is in fine mental and physical fettle, say
doctors.
Most people can live without food for several weeks, with
the body drawing on its fat and protein stores. But the
average human can survive for only three to four days
without water.
Followers of Indian holy men and ascetics have often
ascribed extraordinary powers to them, but such powers
are seldom subject to scientific inspection.
Mouthwash
"A series of tests conducted on him show his body
mechanism is that of a normal person," said Dr Desai.
Mr Jani spends most of his time in a cave near the Ambaji
temple in Gujarat state.
"He has never fallen ill and can continue to live like
this"
- Bhiku Prajapati, Mr Jani's devotee
He spent his 10 days in hospital in a specially prepared
room, with a sealed-off toilet and constant video
surveillance.
To help the doctors verify his claims, Mr Jani agreed to
avoid bathing for his time in hospital.
The only fluid he was allowed was a small amount of
water, to use as mouthwash.
One hundred millilitres of water were given to him, and
then collected and measured in a beaker when he spat it
out, to make sure none had been drunk.
Thank goddess
A statement from Ahmedabad's Association of Physicians
says that despite no water entering his body, urine
nonetheless appeared to form in his bladder - only to be
re-absorbed by the bladder walls.
[Caption] Hungry for blessings: Mr Jani receives a
devotee in hospital
View picture here:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/imag...irfriend203.jpg
At the end of his confinement, doctors noted no
deterioration in his condition, other than a slight drop
in his weight.
"I feel no need for food and water," says Mr Jani, who
claims he was blessed by a goddess at the age of eight
and has lived in caves ever since.
He grew up in Charod village in Mehsana district and
wears the dress of a devotee of the goddess Ambaji - a
red sari-like garment, nose ring, bangles and crimson
flowers in the hair.
He also wears the vermilion "tika" mark on his forehead,
more often seen on married Hindu women.
His followers call him "mataji" or goddess.
More tests
He says he has survived several decades without food or
water because of a hole in his palate.
Drops of water filter through this hole, he says,
sustaining him.
"He has never fallen ill and can continue to live like
this," said Bhiku Prajapati, one of Mr Jani's many
followers.
"A hole in the palate is an abnormal phenomenon," says Dr
Desai.
His colleague, Dr Urman Dhruv, told the BBC a full
medical report is being prepared on Mr Jani's 10 days
under observation.
Doctors say they cannot verify his claim to have not
eaten or drunk for decades - but by observing his feat
under laboratory conditions, they hope to learn more
about the human body.
It is likely that doctors will want to examine Mr Jani
again in order to solve the medical mystery he has
presented them with.
More at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3236118.stm
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"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not so send
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"For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in
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| alive@wattcher.com 2004-10-25, 7:11 pm |
| James Randi, who debuncks those who claim to have super natural powers,
has 1 million US dollars in the bank for anyone who can demonstrate their
claims. I suggest that the holy man make his claim at once:
http://www.randi.org/
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