Nepal's mystery 'Buddha boy' reappears

26 December 2006, 18:00 PM

A mysterious teenaged boy believed by some to be a reincarnation of Lord Buddha has reappeared in eastern Nepal after vanishing for nine months, a witness and a television channel said on Monday.

Sixteen-year-old Ram Bahadur Bamjon was spotted on Sunday by villagers in the remote and dense forests near Piluwa village in Bara district, 150 km east of Kathmandu, local journalist Raju Shrestha, who visited the boy, told Reuters.

Nepal's mystery 'Buddha boy' reappears

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