Devotees of a dead guru in India have said they put his body in a freezer to preserve him as they believe he will return to life to lead them.
Ashutosh Maharaj was declared dead by authorities in Punjab on 29 January after a suspected heart attack.
But, confident that the septuagenarian was merely in a state of deep meditation, his followers froze his corpse, according to a BBC report.
He led the Divine Light Awakening Mission which claims to have more than 30 million followers.
“He is not dead. Medical science does not understand things like yogic science. We will wait and watch. We are confident that he will come back,” his spokesman Swami Vishalanand said. Full story...
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Ashutosh Maharaj was declared dead by authorities in Punjab on 29 January after a suspected heart attack.
But, confident that the septuagenarian was merely in a state of deep meditation, his followers froze his corpse, according to a BBC report.
He led the Divine Light Awakening Mission which claims to have more than 30 million followers.
“He is not dead. Medical science does not understand things like yogic science. We will wait and watch. We are confident that he will come back,” his spokesman Swami Vishalanand said. Full story...
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