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Luck has the power to transform lives in the blink of an eye, and for B. Rathnakaran Pillai, a farmer from Kilimanoor, Thiruvananthapuram, fate had more than one surprise in store. Pillai first struck fortune in 2018 when he won the Kerala Christmas bumper lottery worth Rs 6 crore. With part of the prize money, he fulfilled his long-cherished dream of owning farmland. But destiny wasn't done showering him with riches. While ploughing his newly bought land, he stumbled upon a hidden treasure that made him a double winner.

While preparing the soil to cultivate tapioca, Pillai's plough hit a hard object. Digging further, he uneart...