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The living mummy of Gue

The living mummy of Gue

Gue is a nondescript little village in the Spiti valley. During the 1970's while the labors were engaged in some construction activity, they hit upon something...
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Gue is a nondescript little village in the Spiti valley. During the 1970's while the labors were engaged in some construction activity, they hit upon something from which blood spurted out, totally freaked out all of them ran away. The next day the officials came and excavated this mummy of a monk-Lama who still held his rosary beads in his hands. Till this day his hairs & nails grow and is therefore, known as the 'living mummy'.
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Feb, 2014

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