The sage, Swami Shobhan Sarkar believes that 1000 kg of gold lies buried in the villages in Uttar Pradesh and it could solve India's current account deficit which is rising on account of gold imports.
UNNAO,UP,INDIA: A sage in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh has turned out to be a prospector of gold. He had a dream in which the erstwhile Raja Ram Baksh of Unnao told him about gold treasure lying in the village. He has mentioned four such places one, in Fatehpur and three in Kanpur.
The sage, Swami Shobhan Sarkar believes that 1000 kg of gold lies buried in the villages in Uttar Pradesh and it could solve India's current account deficit which is rising on account of gold imports.
Now the Archaeolgoical Survey of India and Geological Survey of India (GSI) officials have started digging for gold based on a recommendation from Mr Charandas Mahant, a Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industry. The sage had first written to the Prime Minister, President and Archaeological Survey of India officials about his golden dream, but had no response, following which he approached Mr Charandas Mahant.
The excavation is being undertaken near the 180 year old Shiva temple and and the adjoining palace which belonged to the 19th centry King Rao Ram Baksh Singh.Rao Ram Baksh Singh, the king of the area, was hanged to death by the British rulers during the revolt of 1857 and his palace was destroyed.
"While the history of the place indicates possibility of the treasure, the recent developments also put a question mark on Nehru's dreams of developing scientific temperament in India. That the drilling is not based on excavation or archaeological evidence but a seer's dreams says a lot about the Archeological Survey of India and the Geological Survey of India. If they do end up finding gold, they will stand discredited as the credit will go to the priest. If the rush doesn't end in gold, they will stand discredited for believing in dreams. Either way, the seer's dream is sheer nightmare for scientific temperament," an India Today report said.
Archeological Survey of India has pointed out that it may be difficult to get 1000 kg of gold as the maximum quantity they recovered was 12 kg a decade ago at Mandi area in Western UP which was a chance find and not a regular excavation.
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