Guru Kailash Singh Quit Bathing 37 Years Ago

Some say cleanliness is next to godliness, but not Guru Kailash Singh who quit bathing 37 years ago, because he believe he'd be rewarded for his sacrifice.

Kailash, 65, a farmer from India, stopped using soap and water in 1974, after his wedding. He also hasn't cut his dreadlocks, according to the news agency Barcroft.

It wasn't because he no longer needed to attract the ladies that he let himself go. Kailash reportedly abandoned washing because a priest told him it would help him produce a son.

With seven daughters born since then, he's still waiting for a male heir.

Each evening, Kailash winds down the day with a "fire bath" ritual of smoking marijuana, praying to the Hindu god Shiva and dancing around a campfire.

There was one failed attempt by his family to force him into a stream.

‘He fought us off and ran away,’ his wife Kalavati Devi, 60, told Barcroft. ‘We’ve tried several times since to force him to have a shower but he puts up such a fuss.

‘He says he’d rather die than take a bath and only a son could change his mind. It has been so many years now I’ve got used to it.’

The taunts neighbors in his village about his smell don't faze Kailash.

‘Children tease and shout that I don’t wash when I ride my bicycle through the village,’ he told Barcroft.

‘There are many people who have a poor character that mock me for not washing. They do not understand my decision but I will not change my mind as it is God’s choice, not mine.

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[AdobePhsyko]

01:13 PM on 06/29/2011

At least , He doesn't have to share his joints with anybody

[Mactan99]

03:13 AM on 06/29/2011

How disgusting, he must stink worse than a ripe corpse, and his wife allows him to... Well, that is why pot is called "dope", it makes people stupid, no doubt.

[janeyre]

10:55 PM on 06/28/2011

She had sex with him? I would have left... Heck no way...

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[anigma47]

09:54 AM on 06/28/2011

Maybe he goes swimming alot,I would hope otherwise dead skin would build up everywhere and he would get severe acne and stink real bad. He may smell but he has a nice personality!!!!

[Rahree B]

01:25 AM on 06/29/2011

What the heck!? do you personally know this guy or something? I hope you're joking lol. How can you say he has a nice personality when he's been forcing his poor sad embarassed wife to live with his stink for 37 years? And all of this because of a Henry the 8th "I want a son no matter what and I can't be happy with the healthy kids I have" complex. Sheesh, doesn't he have some nephews he can adopt? And I'm sure one of his daughters might have a son, can't he just be a good grandpa to him already? He has SEVEN daughters - there's a good chance he'll get at least ONE grandson out of that. If not, well then he needs to remember that his religion has goddesses too, you know.

[anigma47]

10:03 AM on 07/03/2011

yes I am joking,he only uses RAID to keep the bugs off,no deodorant at all.

[POpgrssve]

01:13 AM on 06/28/2011

Somebody please wash this stanky, stanky man. Damn.

[YARIGHTOKAY]

12:46 AM on 06/28/2011

A man I worked with came into my office to ask a question and his B.O. was so incredibly bad that I kid you not, the entire office reeked of B.O. for the next 2 days. I did everything I could to get that smell outta my office...Lysol, keeping the door wide open, floral air freshener just made it worse.. combining the nasty B.O. underarm smell with floral chemical spay made me hurl. HELLO, NOT BATHING AND SMELLING WORSE THAN A SEWER SHOULD BE GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT!!!

[Rahree B]

01:26 AM on 06/29/2011

I couldn't agree more!

[Scott Ferguson]

08:14 PM on 06/27/2011

Obviously in India the term 'Guru' means freak

[mariannewingler]

10:33 AM on 06/28/2011

hahahaha seriously. here people who don't bathe and sit around smoking pot all day are called bums.

[indigotrustee]

03:50 PM on 06/27/2011

No wonder his family stands so far back in the photo.
Good grief.

[Rahree B]

01:38 AM on 06/29/2011

What is he complaining about? Looks like he has 5 male relatives in that photo!

Also, if you look to the left of the two young men on the right hand side of the photo, there is a little kid sitting on the floor covering her face in shame with both hands. It's tragic and funny at the same time.

[E72]

09:45 PM on 06/26/2011

What I want to know is how did he manage to impregnate a woman having never bathed? What woman would want to do the horizontal tango with a guy who hasn't washed his member in decades? Disgusting!

[cylixdemas]

08:06 PM on 06/26/2011

I don't know why everyone is giving this man a hard time... I would stop taking baths if my wife refused to accept my Y chromosomes.

[Gary Sawyer]

04:57 PM on 06/26/2011

Performing oral sex must be a challenge for the Mrs.

[Rahree B]

01:27 AM on 06/29/2011

Hopefully he's too stoned to bother her about that.

[mooselegs]

02:52 PM on 06/26/2011

Ewww. He must smell like... FEET wrapped in leathery bacon!

[mtmist3383]

12:37 PM on 06/26/2011

If all of the villagers could hogtie this idiot, get some good lye soap and a few scrub brushes it would be doing the world a great service. Pollution would certainly be positively impacted. Just thinking about it would make a maggot shudder.

[Rahree B]

03:12 PM on 06/26/2011

She should have divorced his stinky a*s years ago. He's obviously a great shame to his family in spite of the news fame - they all look pretty disgusted in the background. I found myself instantly thinking of captions for them. His wife: "English tourists laugh at us! :'( " His daughter: "Ewww dad is so gross...sometimes I just want to run away from home to get away from that stench, he smells worse than Sanjay the sewer cleaner!"

They seriously need to get together and come up with some kind of plot to wash him, even if that means spraying him down with a firehose. Another idea would be to hire a gunman/actor to pretend to hold his wife hostage unless he bathes already. Maybe the British Army should consider re-invading that village just to get him to bathe. I think the villagers would welcome them in this case.

[mtmist3383]

12:54 AM on 06/29/2011

Well said and I have to agree!

[Knowledgeseeker]

08:57 AM on 06/26/2011

maybe after a while you get use to the smell