Challenge To Miracle and Astrology
The group offers a prize of Rs. 2,500,000 to anyone who can demonstrate "supernatural power of any kind" or make accurate astrological predictions/calculations under proper observing conditions. Many godmen and astrologers have accepted this renowned challenge and have been defeated. One such event, in which a traditional healer attempted - and failed - to save a dog that had been bitten by a venomous cobra, was filmed for the documentary Gurubusters. which featured several confrontations between Rationalist campaigners and practitioners whose activities they set out to expose as superstitious or fraudulent.
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