| Show mystic finds water in dry areas of india ands ia NEW DELHI india A 50 year old yogi is 13 solvi soi in rig endias indias problems the ministry of agriculture says the mystic locates underground water sources with uncanny accuracy merely by closing claims his oyei and pointing now low arloua throughout india ind under the cognomen of panl pani maharaj which ta in hindustani means water king aas a has ben been made a member of at the Rajas than underground water board at a salary of rupees a month recently when the tired yogi proposed to retire to hla his former life iffe of contemplation in the forest the food and agriculture minister E K 11 II munsel M ansai persuaded panl pani maharaj to stay on tile iab called national asset prime minister Jawahar ial nehru 1 a an n extremely well schooled and fairly skeptical man had panl pani maharaj brought to delhi for a particular divining job which the yogi performed with spectacular success thu this was at Farid abad a refugee town near the capital where it appeared that water would have to be piped miles from the jua river at a cost of millions of ct rupees i pani maharaj went to ta Farid abad looked around and aad showed where to ta dig today says aya the ministry eight tube wells on an and about this spot are pouring out approximately gallons of at water an hour making makin 9 the costly pipeline unnecessary geologists are amazed the yogi wortis works entirely without instruments a ministry spokesman reported sometimes he moves his hand across the map of a region arid and pinpoints the source of water the apol aman said aid more often after sitting ta in a room or traveling in a car he sees a cloud of haziness in the depths of t uy earth below and wit with h mathematical precision ht h indicates not only the quantity of water to be found but also whether it Is 13 sweet or saline numerous wells found numerous discoveries of underground water by panl pani maharaj mah iraj are fully confirmed by the government I 1 one well dug at Sa madri in rajas 1 than on the yogis advice was said to be yielding gallons aej an hour the food and agriculture min i 1 astry said he had located several I 1 sites for tube wells where the water poor city of jaibur could augment its supply in every case the ministry mini spokesman said aard water has been found panl pani maharaj first came into prominence when he began finding water in the dry hungry s stricken bricken state of Saura stUra in far north 1 western india lie he moved to jaibur and went about the great ana desert spotting new wells as he went it long before the gov govi i ern eminent ment ignoring scientific scoffers sc offers took notice of him as a national asset where the yogi came from Is unknown except that he spent many years practicing the arts of yoga in the forests of glenar claims made by his admirers who are begioni now that he be can divine not only water but also OU oil and precious minerals deep in subterranean rock are not confirmed officially |
