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on 21-Nov-03 07:27 AM
Saint hasn't eaten for 60 years! Indo-Asian News Service AHMEDABAD, November 21 Doctors here are testing the claims of a 78-year-old-man who says he has stayed without food and water for 60 years. Prahladbhai Maganbhai Jani, revered by followers as a spiritual guru, spends most of his time in a cave in the temple town of Ambaji in north Gujarat. Jani, known as 'maadi', or mother, among his followers, wears a bindi on his forehead, a chain around his neck, bangles around his wrists, anklets on his feet and is draped in a red sari-like stole, although he sports a white beard. As news of Jani's stay at the super-speciality Sterling Hospital here spreads, followers have begun to camp nearby, waiting for a 'darshan', or glimpse, when he appears at the window of his room and blesses them. Jani, on reaching the hospital, reportedly chose to climb the stairs rather than take an elevator to the sixth floor. Hospital director V.N. Shah and neurophysician Sudhir Shah are watching over the "miracle man". His magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test, done Wednesday, was normal, surprising the doctors, a hospital source said. Under a 24-hour scrutiny, his moves are being closely watched through a video camera in his room. While he claims to not eat or drink, to test his claim of not needing to defecate either, the toilet in the ICU ward where he has been put up has been sealed, a report in a local daily said. The whole affair is shrouded in secrecy and his name has not been entered in the hospital's register. It is being hinted that specialists from New Delhi and abroad may be invited to examine the man's claims. According to Jani's followers, however, this is not the first time he is being regarded as a medical phenomenon. He is said to have spent 40 days at the J.J. Hospital in Mumbai under medical observation. "I don't need any proof to believe in maadi's divine powers. But let them test the claim. I am ready to quit public life if it is proven wrong," said Haribhai Chaudhari, a follower and head of the Gandhinagar district panchayat, or village council. *** source: - http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/919_466867,00180005.htm |