HINDU ASCETIC
MARVELLOUS, PERFORMANCE. '
(Received Wednesday, 9.15 a.m.)
CALCUTTA, Tuesday
Glass, china, Avood, coeoanut shells, nails, nitric acid and a snake’s head Avere sAvalloAved by L. A. Rao, a Hindu ascetic, in a demonstration of his poAVers before Lord Lothian and members of the Indian Franchise Committee, and prominent British and Indian citizens at Bombay. Members of the audience stood beside Rao during the performance. They put nails into his mouth and inspected, the snake’s fangs before he bit its head off. The hand of one of. the guests was burned AA T ith strong nitric acid,while handling the bottle, the contents of Avliich Rao drank.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 16 March 1932, Page 5
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