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bury him.
On one occasion when I was present, the adept remained thus for an hour, on the other occasion he . remained in the death-trance for only fifteen minutes.
Doctors who examined the 'corpse' stated that there was no sign of life. When the given time had elapsed, the adept came to life.
The third is from the Sunday Times of Madras, February 1936, it runs as follows:
CONTROLLING HEART AND PULSE
A Yogi's strange feat In the presence of Col. Harty, Civil Surgeon of Ahmedabad and several other doctors, a yogi named Swami Vidhyalankar performed the strange feat of controlling his heart and pulse, while squatting on the floor with eyes closed. During the period his heart was auscultated and electrocardiogram was taken. The test showed that he had complete control over these organs.
He also showed several other feats, including that of remaining buried in a pit for 25 hours.
The evidential value of this last case lies in its occurrence in the presence of an educated Englishman, who happened to be both an Army man and a qualified surgeon. That rigid test conditions were therefore imposed one may be sure.?
During the reign of Ranjitsingh in Punjab, a Hatha-Yogi named Haridas had remained buried like a corpse in a state of deep trance for forty days under equally stringent scrutiny and round-the-clock vigil by armed guards.
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