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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Only in India

The things you read in Indian newspapers. This one is courtesy of Indian broadsheet The Hindu:

Priest drowns during yogic feat


GUNTUR: A 33-year-old priest in Medikonduru mandal drowned in a well while performing ‘Jala Stambanam’ (a yogic practice by which a person can stay inside water for a long period).

Purnam Rama Sastri jumped into the well on Wednesday around midnight, after assuring his family members that he would come back the next morning. However, the man got drowned and his body was fished out in the morning.

According to Sub Inspector of Police Md. Osman the priest had been practising various meditation practices in Guntur. On Wednesday night, he jumped from a two-storeyed building and sustained only minor injuries.

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