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India Holy Man Fasting - Nov 2003
Prahlad Jani a Holy Man Or Fakir 76-year-old Who Has Baffled Doctors by Saying He Has not Taken in Food Or Drink For the Last 65 Years at a Hospital in Ahmedabad On Friday 21 November 2003 Jani a Fakir Ascetic Who Lives Solely On Alms and Lives Next to a Temple in the West Indian City of Gujarat Attributes His Ability to a Gift From the God Amba Mata During His 10 Days Stay in the Hospital He Was Monitored 24 Hours a Day with Cameras He Was Provided 100 Millilitres of Water Daily - About One Half Glass - So He Could Flush His Mouth the Water He Expelled Was Measured and Doctors Determined He Was in Fact not Actually Drinking It
