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==Biographic Data==

==Biographic Data==

Little is known about Jani/Mataji and sources are limited to his own entourage.

Little is known about Jani/Mataji and sources are limited to his own entourage.

He was born August 13th, 1929 in the Indian village of Charada (or ''Charod'') in Mehsana district/Gujarat. According to a legend, he left home when he was seven years old and wandered around. At age of eleven (according to other sources eight) he made some sort of „supernatural experience“ that completely changed his life. He allegedly lost every desire for eating and drinking and was not required to defecate or urinate ever since. He also was never ill, but was brought in a Jaslok hospital for unknown reasons in 1942 (obviously without his consent), where he stayed 45 days. According to this legend, he stopped speaking and did not talk for 45 years (Maunbrat practice).

He was born August 13th, 1929 in the Indian village of Charada (or ''Charod'') in Mehsana district/Gujarat. According to a legend, he left home when he was seven years old and wandered around as a wandering sadhu. At age of eleven (according to other sources eight) he made some sort of „supernatural experience“ that completely changed his life. He allegedly lost every desire for eating and drinking and was not required to defecate or urinate ever since. He also was never ill, but was brought in a Jaslok hospital for unknown reasons in 1942 (obviously without his consent), where he stayed 45 days. According to this legend, he stopped speaking and did not talk for 45 years (Maunbrat practice).

Jani claims to experience a „Samadhi state" every day, filling him with light. A fluid called "Amrit nectar" feeds him through a hole in his palate. According to Hindu texts, this liquid is considered as „drink of gods“ enabling the drinker to become immortal. However, an MRT picture made in 2003 shows no such hole in his palate (see picture).

Jani claims to experience a „Samadhi state" every day, filling him with light. A fluid called "Amrit nectar" feeds him through a hole in his palate. According to Hindu texts, this liquid is considered as „drink of gods“ enabling the drinker to become immortal. However, an MRT picture made in 2003 shows no such hole in his palate (see picture).

Prahlad Jani wears the dress of a devotee of the goddess Ambaji: a red sari-like garment. He has a nose ring, bangles and crimson flowers in the hair.  

Prahlad Jani wears the dress of a devotee of the goddess Ambaji: a red sari-like garment. He has a nose ring, bangles and crimson flowers in the hair.  

Statements in the internet and newspaper articles suggest that Jani lives in a cave near the Ambaji temple in Gujarat state, but it's unclear whether this is true. In videos on YouTube Jani is presented in a house environment, often surrounded by followers (e.g. ventilating him). Other videos show him in the „Sterling hospital“ in Ahmedabad.

Statements in the internet and newspaper articles suggest that Jani lives in a cave near the Ambaji temple in Gujarat state (about 120 kilometers north of Ahmedabad), but it's unclear whether this is true. In videos on YouTube Jani is presented in a house environment, often surrounded by followers (e.g. ventilating him). Other videos show him in the „Sterling hospital“ in Ahmedabad.

==Examinations in 2003 ==

==Examinations in 2003 ==