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38 years with his hand raised (8 photos)
Sadhus (hermits that is) Amar Bharti (Amar Bharti) is currently the only Indian saint, who holds his right hand raised over the past 38 years. Hand went up, not for idle experiment, and was dedicated to the god Shiva, and as a result, has become a symbol for the faithful Indians.
Forty years ago, Amar was a common ordinary citizen of India, burdened pleasant burdens of family life, which included his wife and three children. Utilitarian concerns like everyone else, knurled route work-home-store and other amenities average life. But one fine night for unknown reasons outlook Amara has been a dramatic turnaround and waking up, he decided to move the family into the background and put a seat service to Lord Shiva.
Dressed in plain clothes, newly monk walked the roads of India, living on alms and spending days and nights in incessant prayers. After three years of wandering sadhu thought that he is still a prisoner of worldly delights, which naturally threw the saint in an incredible disappointment, and he decided to come up with something pokardinalnee to more uncompromising way to surrender to the service of Lord Shiva. Then, in 1973, and hit the right hand, which was raised and never again let down to the present day. If you look at the photos, you can see that the fingers slavnoizvestnoy hands entwined in a kind of FICO score, which shows Amar probably all worldly sweets (well, not as Shiva in the end).
Over 38 years of being in the vertical position of the right hand joints have become completely incompetent, so Bharti, even if they really wanted, she could not act. Nails on a holy hand is not cut off as to whether it ablutions, is unknown. The owner of the hand admits that at first it was painful, but then the body is used to and all ustakanilos. But instead of lost limbs sadhu found harmony with the inner "I" and some other inaccessible mortal spiritual benefits, so that the idea was worth it. Furthermore invisible to the eye astral bonuses, Amar had got quite real - became the all-India famous and respected by believers as a saint of the highest standard, which no doubt is justified - such a feat after so many glorious inventiveness decided, but the palm and undeniable endurance record belongs only to him .
Forty years ago, Amar was a common ordinary citizen of India, burdened pleasant burdens of family life, which included his wife and three children. Utilitarian concerns like everyone else, knurled route work-home-store and other amenities average life. But one fine night for unknown reasons outlook Amara has been a dramatic turnaround and waking up, he decided to move the family into the background and put a seat service to Lord Shiva.
Dressed in plain clothes, newly monk walked the roads of India, living on alms and spending days and nights in incessant prayers. After three years of wandering sadhu thought that he is still a prisoner of worldly delights, which naturally threw the saint in an incredible disappointment, and he decided to come up with something pokardinalnee to more uncompromising way to surrender to the service of Lord Shiva. Then, in 1973, and hit the right hand, which was raised and never again let down to the present day. If you look at the photos, you can see that the fingers slavnoizvestnoy hands entwined in a kind of FICO score, which shows Amar probably all worldly sweets (well, not as Shiva in the end).
Over 38 years of being in the vertical position of the right hand joints have become completely incompetent, so Bharti, even if they really wanted, she could not act. Nails on a holy hand is not cut off as to whether it ablutions, is unknown. The owner of the hand admits that at first it was painful, but then the body is used to and all ustakanilos. But instead of lost limbs sadhu found harmony with the inner "I" and some other inaccessible mortal spiritual benefits, so that the idea was worth it. Furthermore invisible to the eye astral bonuses, Amar had got quite real - became the all-India famous and respected by believers as a saint of the highest standard, which no doubt is justified - such a feat after so many glorious inventiveness decided, but the palm and undeniable endurance record belongs only to him .
