Water-Walking Bid Unsuccessful
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BOMBAY, June 12. L. S. Rao, the exponent of yoga, tried today to live up to an announcement that he would walk on water without getting his feet wet. About 600 spectators paid 20 to 100 dollars each to watch, as he warmed up by apparently swallowing steel tacks, drinking nitric acid and walking over hot embers. Then the Yogi walked up to a steel tank filled with water. He placed a foot on the surface of the water—and sank straight to the bottom.
As angry spectators demanded their money back, Rao explained that he had slipped yesterday andbecause of the injury could not achieve a state of levitation. He invited them to watch him try again tomorrow.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31085, 14 June 1966, Page 10
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