Aizawl, June 15 The funeral of Zion-a Chana, who was believed to head one of the world's largest families with 38 wives and 89 children, was delayed as his family members believed that the patriarch was alive because his pulse was running.
However, late on Monday night, they finally accepted the death of the septuagenarian Christian cult leader.
Suffering from diabetes, hypertension and other old age ailments, Zion-a Chana or Zionghaka, 76, died at a private hospital in Mizoram capital Aizawl on Sunday afternoon.
But his family members at Baktawng village, about 100 km from Aizawl, and about 3,000 followers of the religious cult
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