BURIED ALIVE FOR FIFTEEN, MINUTES
(Received 2 p.m.) CAPETOWN, June 20. , The 25-year-old Indian, Yashpal, son of a rich landowner, was buried alive for 15 minutes as a yoga demonstration to raise money to build a Vedic Church in Durban. Yashpal removed his sandals, enveloped himself in a rich gown, and descended a hole after signing an indemnity. The hole was covered with boards, sacks and earth a foot deep. When these were removed, Yashpal was. found motionless with legs crossed. Normality came back in a minute. Yoga iS a Hindhu philosophy, the essence of which is meditation on the Supreme Spirit and mortification of the body. Its disciples tour India as fortune-tellers and conjurers.
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Northern Advocate, 21 June 1937, Page 6
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