Hira Ratan Manek was born  in 1937 in Bodhavad, India, was raised in Calicut, Kerala, India, where he had his Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Kerala. After graduation, he joined the family shipping and spice trading business and continued working there until he retired in 1992.

He had been interested in sun since his childhood, but after he retired, he began his research of magic power of the sun. He study the old practice of sun gazing. This method was an old and forgotten method until start of research, although it had been practiced in many parts of the world.

He was working on this method for 3 years, and now he knows the secrets of sun gazing. The source of his inspiration was the teachings of Lord Mahavir of Jains. Lord Mahavir of Jains was also practicing this method for many years ago. Ancient peoples like Egyptians, Greeks and Native Americans were also inspired.

Since June 18th, 1995, Hira Ratan Manek has and continues to live only on water and of course, solar energy. Occasionally, for hospitality and social purposes, he drinks tea, coffee and buttermilk.  Until now, he had three strict fastings, during which he had lived thanks to sun energy and water. During this strict fastings he was under the control and observation of various science and medical teams.
The first of these fasting lasted for 211 days during 1995-96 in Calicut, India directed by Dr. C.K. Ramachandran, a medical expert on allopathy and ayurvedic medicine. This was followed by a 411 day fast  from 2000-2001 in Ahmedabad, India directed by an International team of 21 medical doctors and scientists led by Dr. Sudhir Shah and Dr. K. K. Shah, the acting President of Indian Medical Association at that time. Dr. Maurie D. Pressman, MD also describes his experience with HRM in an article he wrote and later joined the team for the next observation on HRM.

After the excitement of the findings at Ahmadabad, Hira Ratan Manek was invited to Thomas Jefferson University and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he underwent a 130 day observation period.  This Science/Medical Team wanted to observe and examine his retina, pineal gland and brain, therefore this observation team was led by Dr. Andrew B. Newberg, a leading authority on the brain and also featured in the recent movie “What the Bleep Do We Know”, and by Dr. George C. Brenard, the leading authority on the pineal gland.  Initial results found that the gray cells in HRM’s brain are regenerating. A lot of photographs have been taken where the neurons were reported to be active and not dying. Furthermore, the pineal gland was expanding and not shrinking which is typically what happens after mid fifties and its maximum average size is about 6 x 6 mm, however for HRM, it has been measured to be at 8 x 11 mm.

There have been many other sungazers who have achieved similar results and have volunteered to be tested, but results have not been documented. The uniqueness of HRM is that he has surrendered his living body for observation and experiments to the scientific firmament for several extended periods of time. Although experts from the team have agreed that hunger is being reduced if not eliminated, due to the complexity of the various brain functions, they have not been able to explain how sungazing has such positive effects on the human mind or body, however more research is underway.

For those who are interested in learning more about the sun energy is an effective healing source, HRM recommends these books:

- “Light, Medicine of the Future”, by Jacob Lieberman
- “The Healing Sun: Sunlight and Health in the 21st Century”, by Richard Hobday.

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photo credit: © B.J. Raval 2004