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"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. At the end of his confinement, doctors noted no deterioration in his condition, other than a slight drop in his weight. "'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. "'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 [or Devi Durga] -- a red sari-like garment, nose ring, bangles and crimson flowers in the hair.  Jani 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. [The water that drips through the hole in his palate is likely the manifestation of a channel for divine nectar, attained through mastery of one's internal energies. Such an accomplishment is described in some of the vajrayana texts and commentaries that I've read or heard. --Ed.] "'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. "Dr Desai's 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." "Fasting fakir flummoxes physicians" |
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