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The state Archaeological Survey of India has sent a team of archaeologists to the village of Daundia Khera in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. They are due to start digging on Friday, Praveen Kumar Mishra, the head archaeologist in the state, told Reuters.
Yogi Swami Shobhan Sarkar says the gold he dreamt of belonged to a nineteenth-century ruler, Rao Ram Bux Singh. He says he wants it in government hands to help India recover from an economic crisis.
"I cried the day I realised that India is going to collapse economically," the seer told the MailToday newspaper. The dead ruler's spirit has been roaming the palace and asking for the gold to be dug up, he added.
"It is a hidden treasure for the country."
littled16
reply to post by Lady_Tuatha
That's funny, but it also makes me wonder what sort of track record this guy has with prophetic dreams that the Indian government would take him so seriously. Maybe they know something that we don't know like maybe experts agree that it is plausible for the gold to be there? Or maybe they're just desperate, superstitious nutbags- who knows?
Lady_Tuatha
reply to post by soficrow
the gold might not be the metal kind
What other kind is there?
Gold hunt in Unnao proves futile, ASI calls off excavation The ASI, which began the excavation on October 18, declared there was no gold hidden in Unnao, contrary to the seer's claims. LUCKNOW: The gold hunt in Unnao village in Uttar Pradesh turned out to be an anti-climax as the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Tuesday called off the excavation, Zee News reports. The gold-digging triggered by a seer Shobhan Sarkar's dream, sent the ASI scurrying off to unearth the 'hidden treasure'. However, the ASI, which began the excavation on October 18, declared there was no gold hidden in Unnao, contrary to the seer's claims. During the excavation, the ASI managed to unearth only remnants of a brick wall, pieces of rusted iron and broken glass bangles. The agencies started the excavation work on October 18, around three months after seer Shobhan Sarkar told a Union minister that he had dreamt of a 1,000-tonne gold treasure buried on the fort premises at Daundia Khera, Unnao. (With inputs from agencies)
littled16
reply to post by Lady_Tuatha
That's funny, but it also makes me wonder what sort of track record this guy has with prophetic dreams that the Indian government would take him so seriously. Maybe they know something that we don't know like maybe experts agree that it is plausible for the gold to be there? Or maybe they're just desperate, superstitious nutbags- who knows?
UNNAO, UP: While the ASI was digging out nothing but broken glass bangles and pieces of rusted iron during the excavation inside Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh fort here, seer Shobhan Sarkar on Thursday claimed that gold would be found only if he was invited to the site.
Making his first public appearance almost two weeks after the excavation started at the fort in Daundiya Kheda, Sarkar said,"the gold would not be found unless I am invited to the site."
Though the officials concerned have not said anything about finding a rock surface during the excavation, Sarkar said that after breaking it (the tough surface) the ASI officers would know the truth about the treasure.
Sarkar also told reporters that the truth could have been unearthed had the operation been carried out by the army.
This just in: Seer Shobhan Sarkar states 'If digging is not accelerated gold will disappear'.
Zee Media Bureau/Manisha Singh
Unnao: Even as digging to unearth 1,000 tonnes of gold, said to be buried beneath a fort in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, continued for the third day on Sunday, the seer who dreamt of the buried treasure was reportedly upset by the slow pace of work being done.
As per reports in a leading daily, the seer, Shobhan Sarkar, left the 19th century fort upset at how the ASI team was carrying on the digging. He also supposedly said that the slow digging by ASI men may make the treasure vanish. Sarkar is the head priest of the temple near the site in Unnao village. As of now he is said to be at his ashram in Shivli Kanpur Dehat.
Baba’s devotee Munna Singh was quoted by the daily as saying, “Bring in the hardware and Baba will give the treasure in less than 10 hours. If the digging is not accelerated the gold will disappear from current location.”
Meanwhile, there was no indication of the treasure yet and the digging was being carried out amidst heavy security. The excavation work is being done at the ruins of Raja Rao Ram Bux Singh's fort, near Daundia Kheda village, 70 km from Lucknow.
An per an ASI official, as reported in a news agency, they had not found any indications of the presence of the gold or any other metal as of now.
Seer Shobhan Sarkar had a dream about presence of large quantity of gold buried in the area and had approached Union Minister of State for Agriculture Charan Das Mahant, and the PMO, telling them about his dream. Later survey and excavation were undertaken and it was decided that digging should be carried out in the area.
Initial findings had suggested that there was some metal present underneath the earth, due to which the ASI teams decided to go ahead with the digging.
First Published: Monday, October 21, 2013, 00:13
Sarkar demanded for a live telecast of the work.