The Miracle Man

S P Premchandra Rao is a water diviner who has spotted more than 20,000 bore-wells across the country.His gift was recognised by the villagers when he was 10,they would take on their shoulders to help to locate the ideal spot to dig a bore-well,to find a prennial source of water.After completing his graduation,he served as a white-collar job for some time,then he became a professional water diviner. forty five years on,he has a 90 per cent success rate and has been instrumental in locating spots over 20,000 bore-wells across the country,from Orissa to Rajasthan,from Himachal Pradesh to Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.He holds his faithful copper rod,with a little glass bowl of water from the Ganges tied to one end,walking in silent absorption,followed by a motely group of villagers-their eyes bright with a hope.When a rod remains static and does not rotate,a sigh goes up.When a rod starts rotating ,then excited muttering begins behind him.Rao explains that it is the electro-magnetic energy in his brain that catalyzes the process. Appreciation has poured in for Rao's yeomen service,he has the Gem of India,Rashtriya Gaurav Award(1997).In India .water divining is still consider as a primitive art,while in places like Europe and Russia it is highly respected and treated as professional art.