Buddha Boy found after retreating into jungle
By Thomas Bell, Nepal Correspondent
Last Updated: 12:50AM GMT 27 Dec 2006
Nepal's mysterious "Buddha Boy" has reappeared nine months after he went missing in the southern jungle.
Ram Bomjon, now 16, became an international celebrity when he meditated beneath a tree for 10 months, supposedly without food or water, drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who believed that he was a reincarnation of the Buddha.
He was discovered on Christmas Eve by hunters in a forest about 10 miles from the spot where he once meditated. Upendra Lamichane, a journalist, said the boy was brandishing a sword and told him: "Even Gautam Buddha [the original Buddha] had to protect himself." Bomjon is apparently concerned about the threat posed by wildlife.
He left his original meditation place because he was disturbed by the crowds of worshippers. He told Lamichane he had survived on herbs while in the jungle.
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