Devotees stand in a queue to be blessed by Ram Bahadur Bamjan, believed to be the reincarnation of Buddha, in Nijgadh town, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Bamjan, 18, has re-emerged from the jungle in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees, officials said Tuesday. After retreating into the jungle for more than a year, he re-emerged Monday.
Seventeen-year-old Ram Bahadur Bamjon speaks to devotees from nearby villages in the remote forest in Ratanpuri, 150 km (95 miles) southeast of Kathmandu, November 11, 2008. Thousands of people flocked to the remote jungle in southeast Nepal to see a boy some believe is a reincarnation of Lord Buddha, who reappeared after going missing for more than a year, police said on Tuesday. Picture taken November 11, 2008.
Ram Bahadur Bamjan, in white, believed to be the reincarnation of Buddha, blesses a Buddhist monk in Nijgadh town, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Bamjan, 18, has re-emerged from the jungle in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees, officials said Tuesday. After retreating into the jungle for more than a year, he re-emerged Monday. 
Ram Bahadur Bomjam meditates beneath a tree in Nepal's Bara District in 2007.
Ram Bahadur Bomjam, a young man who is believed by followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha, has returned to Nepal's jungles to meditate alone, police said Saturday, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters' claims.
Nepalese teenager Ram Bahadur Bomjam -- who his followers believe is the reincarnation of Buddha -- has returned to the jungles to meditate alone, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters' claims
Ram Bahadur Bomjam (right), a young man who is believed by followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha, has returned to Nepal's jungles to meditate alone, police said Saturday, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters' claims.
Ram Bahadur Bamjan, right, believed to be the reincarnation of Buddha, looks on as devotees come to seek his blessings, in Nijgadh town, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Bamjan, 18, has re-emerged from the jungle in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees, officials said Tuesday. After retreating into the jungle for more than a year, he re-emerged Monday.
Ram Bahadur Bamjan, center in white, believed to be the reincarnation of Buddha is surrounded by Buddhist monks in Nijgadh town, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Bamjan, 18, has re-emerged from the jungle in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees, officials said Tuesday. After retreating into the jungle for more than a year, he re-emerged Monday.
Ram Bahadur Bamjan, in white robe, believed to be the reincarnation of Buddha, blesses a devotee in Nijgadh town, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Bamjan, 18, has re-emerged from the jungle in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees, officials said Tuesday. After retreating into the jungle for more than a year, he re-emerged Monday.
Ram Bahadur Bamjan, right, believed to be the reincarnation of Buddha is surrounded by Buddhist monks in Nijgadh town, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. Bamjan, 18, has re-emerged from the jungle in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees, officials said Tuesday. After retreating into the jungle for more than a year, he re-emerged Monday. 
Ram Bahadur Bamjan, believed to be the reincarnation of Buddha, looks on as devotees come to seek his blessings, in Nijgadh town, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, in this Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008 file photo. The Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha returned to the jungles to meditate after a few days of appearance in the public, officials said Saturday Nov. 22, 2008
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