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Astrologer survives 'death'

From correspondents in Bhopal, India
20 oct 05

HUNDREDS of people flocked to a village in central India overnight to see if an astrologer who forecast his own death would indeed die as predicted.
But the 75-year-old man survived.

Kunjilal Malviya, who lives south of the Madhya Pradesh state capital Bhopal, had been meditating in his house after announcing he would die between 7.30pm and 9.30pm (AEST) Thursday.p> A police official confirmed the astrologer was fine and quoted his family members as saying the prediction failed because many of those gathered had prayed for him to live.
"We are afraid of his prediction coming true because all his predictions till date have been correct," his son Anirudh said.

"My father had predicted the death of my grandfather 15 years ago and it came true exactly like he calculated." Police have been posted near the house to prevent the astrologer from killing himself, authorities said.

Millions of Indians consult astrologers about their futures as well as marriage and job prospects.
Malviya's prediction is not the first of its type by an Indian astrologer. But in the past, crowds have beaten up astrologers when their predicted demise failed to occur.