Indian man revived just before his own funeral

[BoredShirtless]

Indian man revived just before his own funeral
October 14, 2003


An 80-year-old Indian man, whose relatives thought he was dead, came "back to life" after being doused with cold water as part of the funeral preparations, a report said.

Velusamy, who uses just one name, "woke up" when he was bathed with cold water, as is traditional for Hindus before a body is burned on a pyre, the United News of India (UNI) news agency quoted family members as saying.

"It's very cold," muttered Velusamy as he got up from the ground at his home in the village of Molapalayam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, minutes before being taken to the funeral pyre, the report said.

The initial surprise gave way to joyous scenes as Velusamy's relatives rejoiced at having "got back grandpa back from the other world", the report said.

Velusamy was thought to have died of old age after his sister-in-law tried to wake him up for supper.

She found him lying "like wood" and got no response to her frantic calls or after sprinkling water on his face and chest, UNI said.

[Xenophobe3691]

Chalk one up for Brahman! YAY BRAHMAN!

[Demiurge]

Chalk one up for Brahman! YAY BRAHMAN!

*converts*


Seriously, good for him.

[PeZook]

Makes you think about the origin of this bathing ritual.

[Hotfoot]

Makes you think about the origin of this bathing ritual.

*tosses a guy into the funeral pyre, guy starts screaming in agony as he is being burned alive*

"You said he was dead!"
"He is!"
"No he isn't! He's screaming his bloody head off!"
"That's nothing, it'll go away in a minute."
"Nothing?! He's pleading for his life!"
"It's a reflex action, happens all the time."
"No it doesn't!"
"Sure it does. Every one I've done does this."
"None of the ones I've done do it!"
"Oh, sure, and I bet yours don't even have a reflex pulse."
"Reflex pulse?"
"You know, where you feel for their pulse, and their heart beats a few times to make you think that they're alive? It's spooky. One time I even got a reflex runaway."
"That's impossible!"
"No it isn't! Chickens do it all the time!"
"But we're not chickens!"
"Which is why we can do it even without having our heads cut off."
"You're mad!"
"No, only annoyed. That one went back down after I whacked him in the noggin a few times. He didn't scream as much in the fire though...just sort of moaned. It was hard to make out through the roar of the flames."
"Where did you learn to do this ceremony?"
"You mean there's a place that actually teaches how to do this stuff?"

[PeZook]

Makes you think about the origin of this bathing ritual.

*tosses a guy into the funeral pyre, guy starts screaming in agony as he is being burned alive*

"You said he was dead!"
"He is!"
"No he isn't! He's screaming his bloody head off!"
"That's nothing, it'll go away in a minute."
"Nothing?! He's pleading for his life!"
"It's a reflex action, happens all the time."
"No it doesn't!"
"Sure it does. Every one I've done does this."
"None of the ones I've done do it!"
"Oh, sure, and I bet yours don't even have a reflex pulse."
"Reflex pulse?"
"You know, where you feel for their pulse, and their heart beats a few times to make you think that they're alive? It's spooky. One time I even got a reflex runaway."
"That's impossible!"
"No it isn't! Chickens do it all the time!"
"But we're not chickens!"
"Which is why we can do it even without having our heads cut off."
"You're mad!"
"No, only annoyed. That one went back down after I whacked him in the noggin a few times. He didn't scream as much in the fire though...just sort of moaned. It was hard to make out through the roar of the flames."
"Where did you learn to do this ceremony?"
"You mean there's a place that actually teaches how to do this stuff?"

It's a bit too long to siggify, but still good

[Patrick Degan]

No doubt the happiest person at that funeral was the man's wife.

[Mr Bean]

Glad this is what woke him up no the whole burning and screaming thing

[Tragic]

Makes you think about the origin of this bathing ritual.

*tosses a guy into the funeral pyre, guy starts screaming in agony as he is being burned alive*

"You said he was dead!"
"He is!"
"No he isn't! He's screaming his bloody head off!"
"That's nothing, it'll go away in a minute."
"Nothing?! He's pleading for his life!"
"It's a reflex action, happens all the time."
"No it doesn't!"
"Sure it does. Every one I've done does this."
"None of the ones I've done do it!"
"Oh, sure, and I bet yours don't even have a reflex pulse."
"Reflex pulse?"
"You know, where you feel for their pulse, and their heart beats a few times to make you think that they're alive? It's spooky. One time I even got a reflex runaway."
"That's impossible!"
"No it isn't! Chickens do it all the time!"
"But we're not chickens!"
"Which is why we can do it even without having our heads cut off."
"You're mad!"
"No, only annoyed. That one went back down after I whacked him in the noggin a few times. He didn't scream as much in the fire though...just sort of moaned. It was hard to make out through the roar of the flames."
"Where did you learn to do this ceremony?"
"You mean there's a place that actually teaches how to do this stuff?"

Thats hilarious. Did you think of that yourself?

And yes he's pretty lucky.

[Montcalm]

Must remember this cold water revive the dead...check

[Hotfoot]

Thats hilarious. Did you think of that yourself?

No, I just write what the voices in my head say to.

[Gandalf]

Lucky guy, how long before he's used as a religious figure or some such?

[Solauren]

Isn't there medical testing of the dead prior to funeral there?

I mean, come on!

[kojikun]

Isn't there medical testing of the dead prior to funeral there?

I mean, come on!

This is India we're talking about. People there are real superstitious about medicine and seek faith based healing more often then not.

[Howedar]

Lets be more specific: this is rural India we're talking about.

In an urban area he'd undoubtedly have been checked.

[Durandal]

How long was he "dead" for?

[kojikun]

How long was he "dead" for?

It sounded like only a few hours. Which makes me wonder how much the sister-in-law had against him..

[Gil Hamilton]

It sounded like only a few hours. Which makes me wonder how much the sister-in-law had against him..

Well, it could be a Hindu thing. If he was a Hindu, he's supposed to be cremated that day as soon as humanly possible, which means they may have been in a hurry to prepare him and get him ready for his funeral pyre immediately. Um, and they weren't as careful as they could have been.

[Admiral Valdemar]

It sounded like only a few hours. Which makes me wonder how much the sister-in-law had against him..

Well, it could be a Hindu thing. If he was a Hindu, he's supposed to be cremated that day as soon as humanly possible, which means they may have been in a hurry to prepare him and get him ready for his funeral pyre immediately. Um, and they weren't as careful as they could have been.

"Uh, did you check his pulse?"

"No time for that, man! This guy needs a god, stat!"

[Gil Hamilton]

"Uh, did you check his pulse?"

"No time for that, man! This guy needs a god, stat!"

Well, it's more like "This guy's soul needs to reach it's next body, stat!". I'm just saying that when a Hindu dies, if their family follows traditions, they have to cremate him by the end of the day. If this happened in the middle of the afternoon, you can see their urgency.