begun meditating for three years in an underground
bunker and will neither sleep, eat nor drink any water
during that time, supporters claimed Tuesday.
Ram Bahadur Bomjan, 17, who supporters insist is the
reincarnation of the Buddha, shot to fame in May 2005
amid reports he did not need food, water or sleep
while meditating. He has, however, been spotted
nibbling on fruit and catching a nap.
"We've constructed an underground room with a tiled
roof as requested by Bomjan," said Raju Shah, a member
of a village committee set up to support the
activities of the young man. The cement-walled
bunker is seven feet deep and is located in the jungle
40 miles southeast of Kathmandu, according to Shah.
Tens of thousands of people came to visit the teenager
at his first meditation site under a pipal tree in the
same area. He vanished from the original site in
March 2006 after meditating for 10 months. Bomjam
returned to the same area to meditate in December
2006, but disappeared again recently.
"While he was wandering round the jungle, he met a
villager and asked him to construct an underground
room. We began doing it immediately and he has
started to meditate there," Shah told reporters. "This
time he does not want visitors -- not even his
family," said Shah.
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