A Hindu mystic bathed himself with hot boiled milk and threw it onto his disciples as a part of a prominent religious festival the day after Diwali.

On October 28 in Sonbhadra Markundi, Uttar Pradesh, the ascetic Rajendra Baba, bathed with boiling milk from a clay pot, before taking some of the liquid and splashing onto his watching disciples.

The mystic's disciples claimed that they were not harmed by the hot milk, and that it felt cool and fresh on their faces.