A 42-year old man from Rajasthan Nagaur district sleeps 300 days a year and has been dubbed as the real-life ‘kumbhkarna’, the character from Ramayan, famous for sleeping undistrubed for six months.
Pukharam, a resident of Bhadwa village suffers from a rare disorder called Axis Hypersomia which makes him sleep for 20-25 days once he takes a nap.
Pukhram was diagnosed with this condition 23 years ago and, since then, it has affected his daily life as it gets difficult to wake him up once he falls asleep.
Axis Hypersomnia is a chronic neurological sleep disorder that leads to daytime sleepiness and or long time sleeping hours for over 9-10 hours in 24 hours.
Eduindex News 
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