A 15-day ‘observational study conducted by the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation on Prahlad Jani, better known as “Mataji,” concluded on Thursday. DIPAS Director G. Ilavezhagen told journalists here that the study was to understand how a person could survive without food and water and without passing urine or stools for a long time. Mr. Jani, who lived in the temple town of Ambaji in north Gujarat, was brought to the Sterling Hospital and was constantly watched through closed-circuit television cameras. The doctors carried out periodical checks of all his medical parameters. Because he did not take any food or water, the only condition he set for the team was not to carry out any “invasive” tests that would require him to consume water or any other fluid. He took occasional baths and gargled. Mr. Janis disciples claim that he has not taken any food or water and not passed urine or stools for the last 76 years. According to them he survived on “solar energy.” They claimed that when he was eight years old, Goddess Amba Mata appeared before him in Pune, “touched” his tongue with a finger and since then he had never felt the urge to eat or drink. “I did not give up food or water, nature has taken it away from me. I dont feel the need for it,” Mr. Jani said. He said he had “nothing to prove” but agreed to undergo the study as it could help human beings at large. Dr. Ilavezhagen said during the period he was under observation, he did not consume any food or water, nor passed urine or stools. However, it would be too early to draw any conclusion about his “survival mechanism.” He said people were known to have lived without food or water for a longer period, “but it does surprise us that he can survive without passing urine or stools,” he said.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 05:58:52 +0000
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