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Buddha Boy spotted in Bara with a swordTuesday - 26th December 2006 |
| Bara, December 25: Ram Bahadur Bomjan, a teenager who had suddenly disappeared while meditating 10 months ago, was spotted in Bara’s Charkoshe Jhadi today. Bomjan, a 17-year-old resident of Bara Ratanpuri, was first found meditating in a jungle nearly seven kilometres from the East-West Mahendra Highway. He disappeared from the spot on March 11. Herdsmen Bal Krishna Ale, Jaya Kunwar and others from Dumarwana Mahendranagar today spotted him at a deserted place in Baghjhori Bhataghari and told other villagers about him. Scores of people thronged the site soon after. An Armed Police Force team was deployed at the site around 4:00 pm. Bomjan is said to be visibly bulkier now. He has long hair and is also carrying a sword. Bomjan told media persons that the sword was meant for his security. He said even Lord Buddha saw to his own security. He urged people to shun applying red tika on the forehead and stay away from alcohol and violence. He explained that he was forced to vanish from the earlier site because of the constant stream of visitors, including drunkards. In a video message to the media, he had said that he would return after six years. Bomjan added that he decided to return sooner. To a query, he said he is living on herbs. He will resume his penance under a ‘Bara’ tree in Ratanpur’s Halkhoridaha from tomorrow. He has asked his former assistants Prem Lama and another person to resume their positions and instructed them that visitors should keep a distance of 10-15 yards from him. President of the Om Namo Buddha Tapaswi Sewa Samittee, Bed Bahadur Thing, said he would not exert any pressure on Bomjan to go back to the old penance site. Bomjan’s mother Maya Devi requested that her son be allowed to do penance in a peaceful environment. |
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