"I feel no need for food and water," states Prahlad Jani, a seventy-six
year old Indian ascetic who lives in a cave near the Ambaji temple in
the state of Gujarat. Mr. Jani claims that he has not had food or fluids
to drink for the last sixty-five years. At the age of seven years he
left home in search of spiritual unfoldment. Jani states that at the age
of eleven years he was blessed by a goddess. He claims that since that
blessing he has gained his sustenance from nectar that filters down
through a hole in his palate, and has not passed urine or stools since
then. Mr. Jani explained, "I get the elixir of life from the hole in my
palate, which enables me to go without food and water." Almost daily Mr.
Jani enters a state of Samadhi characterized by extreme bliss and
enormous light and strength. He says that he has never experienced
medical problems. He says that he did not speak for a period of
forty-five years.
In November 2003, after over a year of coaxing, Prahlad Jani was finally
persuaded to participate in a scientific research study. A medical
research team of twenty-one specialists, headed by Dr. Sudhir V. Shah,
had Prahlad Jani under twenty-four hours of observation for ten days at
the Sterling Hospital in Ahmedabad. The team's research expertise
included cardiology, neurology, urology, gastroenterology,
ophthalmology, renal function, pulmonary function, ENT analysis,
psychiatry, general medicine, and other specialities. A series of
investigations were done on Mr. Jani in each of these areas according to
a pre-determined protocol, and additional tests were carried out as per
suggestions of the team. At the conclusion of their intensive
investigations the team's doctors were left with an unexplained mystery,
unable to disprove Prahlad Jani claims.
Prahlad Jani was initially kept in ICU for the first twenty-four hours. For the next nine days he was kept in a specially prepared room with a sealed-off toilet and a glass door. The room was also equipped with video surveillance to continuously monitor Prahlad Jani. Additionally, staff persons were assigned to stay in the same room with Prahlad Jani round-the-clock to make sure that he did not eat, drink, or pass urine or stool.
To assure researchers of no possible intake of water, Prahlad Jani
agreed he would not bathe during the medical investigation. Prahlad Jani
was permitted a small measured quantity of water to use as a mouthwash.
He then spat the water into a beaker to verify that none had been
drunk. An ultrasound, which was made of Mr. Jani's bladder twice daily,
indicated that there was urine accumulation, which subsequently
decreased on its own without passing.
At the end of the ten days of observation, the team of doctors verified
that Prahlad Jani had not taken food or drank fluids. (The average
person cannot survive without water for more than four days.) The team
concluded that Mr. Jani's health had not deteriorated during this study.
Also, according to the hospital's deputy superintendent, Dr. Dinesh
Desai, "A series of tests conducted on him show his body mechanism is
that of a normal person." Prahlad Jani's survival without food or fluids
remains one of those unexplained mysteries.
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