Rajasthan man sleeps 300 days a year due to rare disorder, dubbed as real-life Kumbhkarna

Pukharam, a 42-year-old man from Rajasthan, sleeps 300 days a year due to a rare disorder called Axis Hypersomnia and has been dubbed as the real-life 'Kumbhkarna' by the villagers.

A 42-year-old man from Rajasthan's Nagaur district sleeps 300 days a year and has been dubbed as the real-life 'Kumbhkarna', the mythological character from Ramayan, famous for sleeping undisturbed for six months. Pukharam, a resident of Bhadwa village in Parbatsar division, suffers from a rare disorder called Axis Hypersomnia which makes him sleep for 20-25 days at a stretch once he takes a nap, news agency ANI reported.