Buried guru's gesture for peace
BBC News
A Japanese Hindu devotee has buried herself in an Indian pit for three days without food and water to try to bring peace to a strife-torn world.
Keiko Aikawa, 60, who practises Samadhi - a strict form of Hindu meditation - emerged from the three-metre square pit saying her body and soul felt cleaner.
Ms Aikawa had descended into the hole in the city of Gwalior, 275km (172 miles) north of Bhopal, in central Madhya Pradesh state last Friday.
As she locked herself away, hundreds of devotees who had gathered at the Gwalior fairground chanted the names of Hindu gods and goddesses and showered marigold and rose petals.
In the hole was a small cot, a bed sheet, a blanket and a Hindu trident in one corner....more...
