New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- Khunti Guru pulled a Rip Van Winkle stunt at the Maha Kumbh as he turned for his own 'tehrvi' - the ritual performed on 13th day after a death.

As per reports, Guru's extended family assumed the died in Maha Kumbh stampede on Jan 29 stampede and accordingly, they were commemorating his 'tehrvi', but oblivious of such rumours he returned home on the same day.

It turned out Guru passed out after have one chillum of ganja too many with some sadhus and completely lost track of time.

Two weeks went by when he realised that his 10x12 room in Chahchand Gali, in along Prayagraj's Zero Road, was still waiting for him. By then, his extended family-virtually the entire neighborhood-had already held elaborate religious ritual...