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[[Image:Palden Dorje closeup.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Palden Dorje in meditation.]]

'''Ram Bahadur Bomjon''' (born [[May 9]], [[1989]], sometimes Bomjan or Banjan), also known as '''Palden Dorje''' (his official Buddhist name), is a young [[Buddhist monk]] from Ratanapuri village, [[Bara district]], [[Nepal]] who drew thousands of visitors and media attention for spending months in [[meditation]], allegedly [[inedia|without food or water]], although this claim is widely contested. Nicknamed the '''Buddha Boy''', he began his meditation on [[May 16]], [[2005]]. weHe went missing on [[March 11]], [[2006]] and reappeared on [[December 25]], [[2006]].

==Early life==