(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – An Indian Court has granted permission for the followers of a long-dead spiritual Guru to preserve his body in a freezer.
Ashutosh Maharaj, founder of the sect Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan (Divine Light Awakening Mission), died of a suspected heart attack in January 2014.
But his followers insist he is only meditating deeply, and will one day return to life.
They have kept his body in a commercial freezer at his vast ashram in Punjab.
The judgement by Punjab and Haryana High Court ends a three-year-old dispute between the Guru’s disciples and Dalip Kumar Jha, who claims to be his son.
Mr. Jha had sought permission to cremate the Guru’s body, in line with Hindu rituals.
Courtesy: BBC
