An 80-year-old resident of a village in the Indian state of Maharashtra has become famous locally for collecting and eating stones.

Rambhau Bodke from the village of Adarki Khurd has been dubbed "Uncle Stone" by locals because he supplements his daily diet with around 250 grammes of pebbles of various shapes and sizes.

His unusual habit began in 1989 when an old lady from his village suggested he try munching on a few stones to rid him of his stomach pain.

Bodke gave it a go and his tummy problems vanished overnight.

He says doctors were horrified when he told them of his bizarre remedy but he says it's the calcium in the pebbles that does the trick.

Over the years Bodke has developed a small fanbase and people now even come from nearby villages to see him chow down on his strange snack.

In one of the bizarre case in Maharashtra Satara district Adarki Khurd village a 80 year old man named Rambhau Bodke is addicted to eat stones daily , on an average he eats 250 grams of stones of various size on daily basis . He tells in 1989 when after getting retired from his job he returned to his village there was severe pain in his stomach even after consulting doctor his pain was there , than an old lady in her village suggested him to eat mud stones to get rid of stomach pain , from than he started eating stones and continuing it till now . Rambhau adds due to his this habit he is healthy till now because he gets calcium from it .
He is famous as stone uncle in his village . Doctors is his area is also shocked to hear such an idea to remove stomach pain and remain healthy . People from nearby area come to visit him to watch eating stones