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Thousands flock to see Nepal's 'Buddha' boy
Thousands of people flocked to a forest in southeast Nepal to see a boy many believe is the reincarnation of Lord Buddha, police said on Tuesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:33 November 11, 2008
Kathmandu: Thousands of people flocked to a forest in southeast Nepal to see a boy many believe is the reincarnation of Lord Buddha, police said on Tuesday.
Seventeen-year-old Ram Bahadur Bamjon spoke to devotees from nearby villages on Monday in Ratanpuri, southeast of Kathmandu. He had been missing for more than a year.
"He spoke to the devotees standing near a temple in the forest," police constable Prakash Sen said. "He had shoulder-length hair and had his body wrapped in a white cloth."
Tens of thousand of people turned up to see Bamjon in 2005 in a forest where he reportedly lived for nearly ten months without food and water.
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