Thousands of devotees are flocking to a jungle in southern Nepal for a darshan of a teenage boy, regarded by many as a reincarnation of Buddha, when he reappeared after three long years of meditation.
"I am blessed to have a glimpse of the Buddha God," Krishna Pyari Shreshtha, a local housewife, said.
"I am very happy to seem him again, we just wanted to see what he looks like after three years," said Niraj Dhungana, a local farmer, who came from a nearby village for his darshan.
Ram Bahadur Bamjan, his real name, is 18 years old. He was first spotted in the jungle of Bara district in southern Nepal in 2005. He spent months there without eating and moving, with his eyes closed under a tree, believe his followers.
Bamjan re-emerged this week to meet thousands of his followers and well-wishers, who have come just to see him and have his blessing. He is currently staying in the jungles of Ratanpur, about 200 km south of Kathmandu.
He silently sat in the jungle as devotees arrived for his blessing on Wednesday, according to eye-witnesses. He has a light tap on the head, which they consider the touch of the divine.
Image: Ram Bahadur Bamjan sits on a platform before preaching to an audience at Ratanpuri village in Bara district, 100 kms south of Kathmandu.
Photograph: Diwakar Bhandari/AFP/Getty Images
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