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  Basava Premanand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basava Premanand is an amateur magician, eminent skeptic and rationalist from Tamil Nadu, India.
Born in Calcutta in 1930, Basava Premanand was a devotee of Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba for several years during which period he donated a major part of his property to a Sai Baba Trust.
Basava Premanand is an amateur magician and uses these skills to give a natural explanation of the alleged miracles of gurus and godmen.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basava_Premanand   (406 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Basava Premanand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Basava Premanand is an eminent skeptic and rationalist from Tamil Nadu, India.
Born in Calcutta in 1930, Premanand was a devotee of Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba for several years during which period he lost a major part of his property he had given to a Sai Baba Trust.
Premanand is an amateur magician and uses these skills to give a natural explanation of the alleged miracles of gurus and godmen.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Basava-Premanand   (283 words)

  
 REPLY BY B.PREMANAND TO G. MORENO
GM : Basava Premanand was thrown out of school at the age of 12 due to a political dispute in which his parents refused to fill in a religion or caste on his school application form.
Basava Premanand has openly, and unequivocally, stated that the F.I.R. is not only unreliable but gives a fictitious account by corrupt police officers who tried to cover their tracks.
Basava Premanand, a critical skeptic of SSB since 1968, could not resist the temptation of indulging and furthering his own specious conspiracy theory in a book.
www.saibabaexpose.com /Prem0.htm   (6936 words)

  
 Demonstrations of Indian Fakirs and Gurus; Notes on a Strange World (Skeptical Inquirer January 2003)
Premanand, who was born in Calcutta in 1930, is an Indian magician and leader of the Indian Skeptics; he has devoted his abilities and full time work to the investigation of supernatural claims in India and the subsequent revelation of the tricks and frauds he found.
Premanand, who is also the author of thirty books in malayalam (the language of his country) and five in English, told us of his ultimate goal.
Premanand taught us these demonstrations and, since we ourselves were able to perform them, we think that anyone, with due care and preparation, could be able to present them.
www.csicop.org /si/2003-01/dont-try-this.html   (1719 words)

  
 Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To date, Premanand has been unable to succeed legally and claims he was even arrested by the police in Puttaparthi for a demonstration in the village.
Basava Premanand then went to court accusing the police and the government of destroying evidence.
Perhaps the most scandolous accusation by western ex-members, first voiced in print by Tal Brooke in 1976, is that Sai Baba is a homosexual paedophile and that he sexually abuses his young male followers and the students from his schools and the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning during private interviews.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Allegations_against_Sathya_Sai_Baba   (2928 words)

  
 The Revealer: 17 June, 2004
Basava Premanand, "India's leading guru-buster" and "scourge of all miracle-makers," has been burgled again, the BBC's Tanya Datta reports.
Premanand, who has been trying to debunk India's biggest spiritual leader, the "self-proclaimed 'God-man,'" Sri Satya Sai Baba, for nearly 30 years, suspects that the burglars sought his case-folder on the guru.
Premanand accuses him not just of charlatanism, but of sexual abuses as well.
www.therevealer.org /archives/today_000432.php   (100 words)

  
 STATEMENT BY A SRI LANKAN MAN WHO FREED HIMSELF FROM  THE FALSE BELIEFS HIS FAMILY HOLD ABOUT  SAI BABA
The silence in regards to Basava Premanand's education might have to do with the fact that he did not get one: http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/fakirbuster.htmlBasava Premanand was thrown out of school at the age of 12 due to a political dispute in which his parents refused to fill in a religion or caste on his school application form.
Basava Premanand supposedly experimented many times with mercury, as he claims that aluminium reacting with mercury and moisture produce aluminium oxide ash (vibuthi).
Any review from Basava Premanand is bound to be deeply stained and shaded by his atheistic, rationalistic and sceptic mentality.
www.saiguru.net /english/articles/statement_by_a_sri_lankan_man.htm   (1805 words)

  
 AhlulBayt Discussion Forum -> sai baba the Paedophile
BBC Two, 2100 BST in the UK As India's leading guru-buster, Basava Premanand is the scourge of all miracle-makers.
To date, Basava Premanand has survived four murder attempts and bears the scars from several savage beatings.
When his case was dismissed, Mr Premanand appealed on the grounds that spiritual power is not a defence recognised in law.
www.shiachat.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=34497   (1785 words)

  
 Basava Premanand - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Basava Premanand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Basava Premanand - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Basava Premanand.
Here you will find more informations about Basava Premanand.
The orginal Basava Premanand article can be editet
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Basava-Premanand.html   (192 words)

  
 Basava Premanand - honoured by Indian Government
Also, Basava Premanand allegedly received the award due to his promotion of scientific values among the public.
As a matter of fact, even on Basava Premanand's own site, there is no mention of Premanand receiving "India's Highest Government award for scientific values and campaigns against Sathya Sai Baba".
"Premanand, who's been honored by the government with its highest award for the promotion of scientific values among the public.
www.saibabaexpose.com /Prem1d.htm   (994 words)

  
 [India Thinkers Net]Sai Baba: God-man or con man? - India Thinkers Net Archives at Zinester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
But to Mr Premanand, this God is anything but holy.
Mr Premanand is determined to continue with his
Mr Premanand claimed a cover up and went to court.
archives.zinester.com /76029/19261.html   (702 words)

  
 Re: BBC TWO documentary on Sathya Sai Baba 17 June 2004
For example, the "GuruBuster", Basava Premanand, makes a bold assertion that Sathya Sai Baba was a witness to the murders.
Basava Premanand wrote a book called "Murders in Sai Baba's Bedroom" that provides "evidence" against SSB.
You can read about this on my site at: http://www.vishvarupa.com/Fair-Is-Fair/Ex-Baba.com/Murders/murders-basava-premanand.html Furthermore, Basava Premanand, being highly scornful on the profit making at SSB's ashram, charges 300% more to foreigners for his book, as opposed to the price he charges to non-foreigners!
www.talkaboutsupport.com /group/alt.support.ex-cult/messages/36781.html   (1519 words)

  
 Guru
This rule has the drawbacks that one should know what is good and bad in the first place and that one can't possibly know all acts and their corresponding fruits of a guru.
See also Contemporary Hindu Movements, Charismatic authority, Basava Premanand
How to become a cult guru, practical tips for charlatans and con men, satirical website with a serious message
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/gu/guru.html   (1540 words)

  
 ExBaba.com: Deception
The BBC Documentary, Secret Swami, is riddled with many serious problems.
Furthermore, Basava Premanand, being highly scornful on the profit making at SSB's ashram, charges 300% more to foreigners for his book, as opposed to the price he charges to non-foreigners!
One of the most persuasive testimonies in the BBC Documentary is that of Alaya Rahm (also known as Sam Young).
www.pressbox.co.uk /detailed/20023.html   (1386 words)

  
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