A
young man in India who was presumed to have died after being bitten by a snake
rose up from the funeral pyre at the moment it was set on fire.
The
23-year-old man, named as Sandeep, was attacked while collecting wood from the
forest. When he arrived back in his village in the Raisen district of the
Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, he told his family about the snake bite.
Instead
of taking Sandeep to a hospital, they brought him to a traditional tantric
practitioner in a nearby village. But the tantric’s treatment proved
ineffective and it was assumed the young man had passed away.
Villagers
were left baffled at what to do because some in India claim that those who die
of snake bites should be buried rather than burned.
In
the end it was decided that his body was to be taken to the local cemetery
where a funeral pyre was prepared. But when the fire almost reached the body of
Sandeep, the young man started to shout and people realised he was still alive.
Sandeep
was taken to the same tantric practitioner instead of a hospital after he
regained consciousness.
But
again his life could not be saved, and the tantric declared Sandeep dead for
the second time. He was taken to the district hospital where a post-mortem
examination took place.
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