Sri Agastya Naadi Samhita A Mind –boggling miracle -3

Sri Agastya Naadi Samhita

A Mind – boggling miracle

 

CHAPTER NO. 23

NAADI ASTROLOGY – A HOAX?

NAADI ASTROLOGY AND DR. JAYANT NARALIKAR

My Marathi book titled “Mind Boggling Miracle – Naadi Bhavishya”

got overwhelming response from all parts of Maharashtra. In that I

mentioned that I was desperately trying to understand the basis of Naadi

recordings. How thousands of years back, in most primitive conditions the

Maharshees, whose names we read only in story books could foresee the

life spans of the millions of people, who ware yet to be born? How many

Naadis are available? Where? A person from armed forces background who

had no connection or basic knowledge of astrology began to seek answers

from all possible places.

Many others who had visited Naadi Centres had sincerely narrated

their mind -boggling experience of their own Naadi Predictions. Many

thanked me for expounding the topic, which generally is not discussed in

public. One curious reader Sri. Sonya Bapu Kumbhojkar suggested that in

Maharashtra there ware many personalities of repute such as Dr. Jayant

Naralikar who did not believe in astrology and other predictive methods.

They strongly condemned it as a hoax. Since we regard them as authorities

in certain subjects we, the general public, get confused about whom to

believe! Why don’t you meet Naralikar and convince him about Naadi

astrology, some people advised me.

So in Dec 1994, on Sri. Kumbojkar’s suggestion, I managed to hand

over a copy of the book to Dr. Jayant Naralikar. In a soft voice he agreed to

read it and convey his opinion on the subject.

After a month, I received a letter (Please refer Letter No.1 on page -)

stating that, he being a non-believer in any predictive methods he does not

believe in the Naadi predictions. However, as a true scientist he suggested

that a thousand or two thousand cases of Naadi records be examined for

scientific research. In response, I requested him to come forward for

scientific research so that the findings would receive requisite importance

and recognition in the scientific world and in addition would get the

backing of expert human resources and finance available at your disposal.

To arouse his curiosity, I mailed two photographs of Naadi leaves

pertaining to my name so that he could locate my name “Shashikant” from

it, through his Tamil-knowing friends. In the end, I requested him to send

his thumb-impression if he so desired to locate his leaf with notebook, tape

etc, as a special case. But it was not to be. Dr. Jayant Naralikar returned the

photographs with a covering letter (Please refer letter No.2 on Page —)

stating that he could neither locate the word “Shashikant” nor could

confirm the script as Tamil on the leaf by any of his Tamil-knowing

friends. Therefore he considered it to be a hoax and left it to be relied on by

the believers.

Now it was incumbent on my part as a responsible author of this

book to establish from the photograph of the leaf what Dr. Naralikar had

certified as a

hoax ,to prove beyond doubt that it was not so. Therefore I got the entire

photograph read line by line from the Tamilian experts who could read the

coded script and got it translated in English with its Tamil pronunciation in

Roman script. (Please refer matter shown below and for photograph see

page no. 14)

ENLARGED PHOTOGRAPH OF NADI LEAF

WITH TAMIL & ENGLISH

LINE BY LINE TRANSLATION

Note: - The Capital letters in the bracket are clearly seen in the

photograph. The letters out side the bracket are for reference. The English

translation is given for every word. Hence broken meaning can be derived.

Tamil knowing persons may not be able to read the script but it is expected

that with the help of the pronunciations provided, they will be able to

understand general meaning and exactly locate my name.

SHA SHI KA (IN)N THA

Here I request readers to kindly get the same verified from their

Tamil knowing friends. Let me caution the readers, as I did Dr. Naralikar,

that many times even a good Tamil speaking person finds it difficult to read

or locate my name in the photograph (It is on the first line between two

marked dots). Many may not even understand which way to hold the

photograph! But with the help of the meaning and the pronunciation

produced side by side many Tamilians would be able to locate my name

and grasp some letters or lines.

I have full confidence that readers will give due recognition to my

translation and transliteration efforts as an unbiased and inquisitive seeker

of the truth.

Now it has been ascertained that the script of Naadi records is in

cryptic Tamil code-words etched without lifting the nail like sharp

instrument. However many readers who have yet to undergo the amazing

experience may suspect that the Naadi-reader may be extracting the

required information from the seekers and somehow putting it in the leaf to

read out the same, as if it was noted on the leaf. But that is not possible,

since the leaf-packets are interlined with a string passing through a hole in

every leaf and are opened infront of the seeker. It is not possible to fill any

details in some blank spaces and cheat the customers as propagated by Dr.

Abraham Kavoor. Of course, those who had some acquaintance with Naadi

predication will understand the futility of that argument, which is generally

put forth by so called rationalists.

Those who have yet to undergo the amazing experience will have to

personally verify it to believe in it.

Whom will you believe?

Dr. Naralikar who considers astrology to be a hoax, without visiting

any Naadi Centre and getting his own life read in the Naadi records. He is

unfamiliar with the Tamil script and has to depend on some Tamilians who

were unable to decode the script? Or he who has got the photos interpreted

by the experts and presented to the readers in public? I leave the readers to

judge.

One of the persons with whom I got introduced as the author of the

Naadi book was a retired principal “Adwayanand Galatge” from Bhoj

(Belgaum) Karnataka. He was an experimenting rationalist. He has written

books on physics, parapsychology and on occult sciences. He regards those

Naadi predictions as products of the divine power of ancient Maharshees. He

felt that the response to Naadi records from Dr. Naralikar and the treatment

given to Naadi records by Dr. Naralikar was quite lukewarm and noncommittal.

He therefore entered into correspondence with Dr. Naralikar, and

addressed five letters. Dr. Naralikar responded to his first letter in a short

and curt manner stating that he disagrees with Galatge on what science

stands for. In spite of repeated efforts by Sri. Galatge to enthuse, Dr.

Naralikar to come forward for a scientific test of Naadi records the latter

preferred to keep silent! After waiting for a long time Sri. Galatge and

myself requested even Dr. Narendra Dabholkar

of B.F.E.C. to accompany us to Naadi centers in Chennai in Dec 98 to

which he never responded. The Naadi leaf of Galatge was located. It

contained his name and those of his parents and wife, with other accurate

details. What surprised him the most was that Naadi Maharshee, Saint

Agastya had stated that Galatge had come to verify the scientific basis of

the predictions, accompanied by a person called ‘Shashikant’! Let us hope

that the rationalist organizations and the individuals who look down upon

the Naadi as a hoax will come forward to undertake scientific research and

also explore the possibility of divining those predictions about the future of

mankind, by the present-day man with advanced technology and modern

machines at their disposal.

Reproduced herewith is the correspondence with Dr. Jayant

Naralikar which will throw more light on the subject.

Letter No. 1

From Dr. Jayant Naralikar To Wing Commander Shashikant

Oak stating his views on the book Naadi Bhavishya.

Dear Wing Commander Shashikant Oak,

Thanks for providing me a copy of your booklet on Naadi predictions.

The book narrates your personal experience. I have never experienced the

Naadi predictions. However, due to the following reasons

my standpoint is of a non-believer.

1. Till now, I have never come across a single case of predictions,

which proved to be exactly true. Even your own experience and of

others’ instances quoted in your book also point to the same

conclusion.

2. Much talked about predictions by Nostradamus, clothed in esoteric

phraseology, are usually wishfully twisted and interpreted as

uncanny forecasts of certain subsequent happenings. They appear to

have been inferred as the truth when the actual happening are

compared with the uttering of Nostradamus. The same is the case

with Naadi predictions.

3. It is impossible to imagine that Naadi records on palm leaves are

already available for all human beings born or unborn. Even if it is

presumed that those forecasts are true, then in that case based on the

number of Naadi leaves one should be able to foretell the population

of India in year 2000, 2010, 2050 etc.

4. If it is presumed that some body’s predictions have been recorded in

advance, then why is one asked to propitiate the gods to ward off

evil predictions? Here it constitutes a head-on collision of two

superstitions.

5. If the scientific veracity of predictions on palm leaves is to be

established it cannot be based on testing merely on my sample of past and

future alone. A thousand or two thousand

samples of Naddi readings will have to be possibly investigated, based on

objective parameters before arriving at any conclusion.

Yours truly,

(Jayant Naralikar)

Letter No. 2

Reply from Wing Commander Oak to Dr. Jayant Naralikar

Date: 2 Feb 1995.

Dear Dr. Jayant Naralikar,

Received your letter dated 16 Jan 1995, commenting on my book

“Naadi Bhavishya, and revealing that you hold a view of disbeliever about

fortune telling in general.

I agree that it is impossible to predict the exact happenings of

anybody’s entire life, be it by any type of predictive-methods, such as

Palmistry, Astrology, Ramal and Numerology. Limitations of human

intellect will never enable accurate prediction of every event in every

person’s life. That is why before being introduced to Naadi predictions, I

also held a similar opinion and therefore was not keen to consult them.

Later when I happened to encounter Naadi Prediction accidentally, with its

most accurate personal details such as names of parents, wife, and myself,

Date, Month, Year of Birth and my horoscope etched on palm leaves, my

opinion changed. That experience made me look upon Naadi as a miracle!

Whether Naadi Predictions prove true or not, is not important

to me. But the incessant quest to trace the secrets behind the miracle

of Naadi records, is what interests me.

Based on available information, I concluded that Naadi recording had

no relation with the predictive methods of astrology. It is not based on the

principles of compilations of data, experience and assumptions, etc. It is

based on every Maharshee’s meditative powers, which could visualise the

future of all human beings. Therefore Naadi predictions are beyond the

grasp and scope of human intellect and logic.

Predictions by Nostradamus are in cryptic and mysterious language.

When an incident takes place, its befitting description with some stanzas

amuses the reader. But Naadi predictions, on the contrary mention the

precise name of the seeker, the date, day, month and year of birth and other

details etched out on palm leaves. So they do not just amuse a seeker but

pose a challenge to his rationale. Thus it is superior to the much-talked

about predictions of Nostradamus.

You are absolutely right that it is impossible to record predictions

about every person’s of past, present and future. But may be that the

records are meant only for those who have been destined to seek them.

There may be many persons available at all times who due to want of time,

money, disbelief or other reasons may not be keen to seek them.

Maharshee’s might have omitted those! However, my experience is that

whosoever goes to seek Naadi predictions does get his or her leaf sooner or

later.

I am very keen to know through the Naadi

records the future of regions, nations and of the human race. In some

Naadi-notings I have been told that in due course of time I will be able to

get answers. What must have been the underlying divine purpose to

undertake such a painstaking manual effort of such a gigantic magnitude of

millions of inconsequential individuals? May be that the welfare of human

kind might have been the driving motive behind those divine writings. But

then what is the reason for omitting the future of communities and nations?

May be that those Maharshee’s thought that it will not be prudent or helpful

for the progress of mankind?

As rightly pointed out by you, notings on palm leaves need to be

examined on a scientific basis. It is beyond the scope of my intelligence

and prudence. A person of your stature and international repute as an

astrophysicist should undertake the research concerning Naadi records, so

that the research may get due recognition, status and financial and other

support.

I will be ever-ready to extend my full co-operation and support to

such research. Especially till such time as I am posted in Tambaram

(Chennai) I will be able to take part in the research. Enclosed herewith is a

photograph of a Naadi leaf and another enlarged picture of the same

containing the name ‘Shashikant’ etched on the leaf. You could get it read

by Tamil- knowing persons. Kindly return both photographs at the earliest.

I earnestly desire to seek your Naadi leaf. Due to your busy schedule if you

are unable to spare time please send your thumb impression and other

relevant details. I will search out your

leaves and send the predictions with notebook, cassette and

photographs pertaining to your Naadi leaf.

In spite your busy schedule, you have been kind enough to

communicate to me your views about my book, I am extremely thankful for

the same.

Yours sincerely,

(Shashikant Oak)

LETTER NO. 3

First letter from Prin. Adwayanand Galatge to Dr. Jayant

Naralikar

Date: 26th June 1995

Dear Sir,

This letter is occasioned by Wing Commander (Madras) Sri.

Shashikant Oak’s handing over to me, in person, his book on Naadi (in

Marathi) along with the correspondence he has carried on with you and

with Dr. Dabholkar of Satara. I am writing this letter to you, because I hold

you in high esteem and above all, as a serious scientist and not merely as an

internationally reputed astrophysicist. Also I admire your bold and

unconventional views on the origin of the universe. I think progress in

science more often results from rebelling against the views of the

establishment, which in no way are sacrosanct. This same rebellious spirit

is to be recommended in all fields of science both academic and nonacademic,

in pursuit of truth.I need not stress that science harbours and

promotes the spirit

of free inquiry. It is open to all sorts of investigations. It loses its raison

d’etre as science, the moment it loses this open-ness and this spirit of free

inquiry. I am saying this, because your two letters written to Sri. Oak

(Dated. 16th Jan. & 21st Mar. 95) are sadly disappointing in this respect.

Your letters create the impression that you hold Sri. Oak as a highly

gullible person, on whom a big hoax has been perpetrated.

But consider the following facts: Sri. Oak is not an ordinary ‘run-ofthe-

mill’ person, but holds a highly responsible Govt. post in our country’s

defence services. Besides, he is highly educated and a cultured person. He

has no natural inclination for astrology; but his curiosity about it was

roused by his accidentally stumbling upon a fact, which prima facie defies

all logic and common-sense, - a fact for whose verification he has not

hesitated to approach an internationally famed scientist like you. These

facts clearly speak of his honesty and his serious intent and purpose.

Besides, he had produced hard evidence for science to examine and on its

basis, to determine the worth of the claims he has made. Those claims

cannot be easily dismissed as meriting no scrutiny, if science is to be taken

as a serious and disinterested pursuit of truth. Clearly Sri. Oak has not been

given a fair trail, which he rightly deserves.

I, therefore, make an earnest appeal to you -

1) To invite, through the columns of major local English Newspapers

as many Tamil-knowing people, to come forwards for reading the Naadi

text of Sri. Oak. (As many as possible because Sri. Oak says that he himself

has found some Tamil-knowing

persons, who were unable to read the text. This is natural,

considering that the texts are very old. At present the copy of Oak’s text is

with Dr. Dabholkar.)

2) This reading of the Naadi text should be done on an appointed

date and time and at a pre-selected place, publicly. i.e. the session after due

publicity through newspapers, should be thrown open to all those who are

interested. (The members of the Andh.(ashraddha) Nirm.(ulan) Sam.(iti)

may attend it, but not participate in it; nor will their prize of Rs. 5 lakhs be

made a precondition of the investigation or its result, with a view to preempt

the issue being unnecessarily emotionally overcharged. Let only the

disinterested spirit of science prevail.

3) If the results are negative, the matter will rest there. But if the

results are positive, an appeal should be made through major science

journals to come forward for further scientific investigation by other

scientists of the country, of the Naadi phenomenon, whose over-all

supervision and conduct will be, done by you and you alone.

This is how science works, and should work. Science is public. Let

the Naadi phenomena be proved publicly a hoax, if it a hoax. And if the

claims of Sri. Oak are ultimately substantiated, let science in its mission as

a truth-seeker freely accept the results and incorporate them in its

menagerie for their eventual ‘taming’ and ‘naturalisation’. The truth of

Naadi phenomenon cannot be regarded as repudiation of all orthodox

science any more, the Einstein theory ofphotoelectric effect can be regarded

as repudiationof Thomas Young’s Wave theory of light.

I earnestly hope my appeal to you does not fall on deaf ears, and give

room for history to repeat itself. I need not remind you how the rationalists

of Galileo’s time with their own pre-conceived theory of the universe,

refused to look into his telescope, for fear of being confronted with “brute

and stubborn facts” as is amply demonstrated by Galileo in his “Dialogues

on the Two Systems of the worlds”.

Awaiting and thanking you in anticipation of, a line in reply.

Sincerely yours, (Adwayanand Galatge)

Copy to: 1) Sri. Shashikant Oak, Tambaram (Madras)

2) Dr. Narendra Dabholkar, 118, Sadashiv Peth ,Satara. Pin. 415

001.

3) Sri. Kumbhojkar, Sangli

Post Script: 1) Your comments that a thousand or two thousand

samples of Naadi-readings will have to be investigated for establishing

scientifically its veracity is not only a counsel of despair but a highly

questionable proposition. How can you forget that only one sample of test

on total solar eclipse in 1919 was considered as sufficient evidence in

support of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity? (Let verification of

Naadi be regarded as a test of Hindu “Theory of Space, Time as Thoughtconstructs”).

We cannot forget that all scientific revolutions have been

historically wrought by a single (one sample) experiment (or tests) like

Galileo’s expt. of two falling bodies, Young’s double-slight expt. on light,

Michelson Morleys’ expt. on ether’s existence,

Mendel’s cross-breeding expt. on garden peas etc. etc.

2) Your assertion that propitiation of gods to ward off evil

predictions constitutes head-on collision of two superstitions, is also

uncalled-for in fact, that it is exactly what is to be investigated and proved

by a scientific method (namely, that they are superstitions)

LETTER NO. 4

Dr. Naralikar’s turse reply to Prin. Galatge

Ref. : JVN/95-96/ Date:

July 3, 1995

Prin. Adwayanand Galatge (Retd.)

Bhoj.,Belgaum – 591263. Karnataka

Dear Principal Galatge,

Thank you for your letter of June 26, 1995. It seems from your letter

that there is a considerable gap between our relevant perceptions of what

science stands for and what the scientific outlook is all about. My own

views on the matter raised by Wing Commander Oak have been quite

explicit and I do not wish to elaborate them further here.

Yours Sincerely,

(J. V. Naralikar)

LETTER NO. 5

Principal Galatge’s 2nd request letter to Dr. Naralikar

Date : 10 July 1995

Prof. Jayant Naralikar,

Director, IUCAA, Pune – 7

Dear Sir

Thank you for your kind letter of 3rd July 95 in which you have said

that, “There is a considerable gap between our relevant perceptions of what

science stands for”. It must, however, be pointed out that the issue raised by

Wing Commander Oak’s ‘Naadi’ evidence, does not at all hinge on any fine

perception of what science stands for. Consider the following three

questions, which must be answered irrespective of the niceties about

what science stands for:

1) Does not the finding of the name of a 20th Century person, with correct

information about many of his personal details, inscribed on the ancient

palm leaf of ‘Naadi’ constitute a grave challenge to the belief system of

Western science, unless a big fraud is involved here?

2) In the latter case don’t you consider it your bounden duty and

responsibility as a reputed scientist to expose this fraud publicly, for the

health of western science, unless you wish to renege that science

altogether?

3) Is it your case that any facts that threaten to undermine the foundation of

Western science should be conveniently disregarded as simply not

existing?

This Challenge of Naadi phenomenon is too serious, Sir, to be

brushed aside by having recourse to the niceties about what science stands

for. Any failure on your part to meet this challenge boldly and courageously

will be tantamount to accepting defeat in the face of what Galileo has

called, “Irreducible and stubborn facts”, that thus lapsing into the untenable

position of his rationalist adversaries, who stand refuted by the history of

science. This is a prospect, which no serious scientist will contemplate.

What is even worse, avoiding meeting the challenge by some

subterfuge will create the impression that, being already convinced about

the truth of ‘Naadi’ phenomenon, you are searching for some pretext to

avoid public denigration of Western science. This fear of denigration,

however, is misplaced, as is simply made clear by the strange and irrational

ways of Quantum Mechanics.

I, therefore, still hope to receive a positive response from you.

Thanking you

Sincerely yours,

(Adwayanand Galatge)

Copy to Wing Commander Shashikant Oak, Tambaram (Madras)

LETTER NO. 6

Prin. Galatge’s third letter to Dr. Jayant Naralikar

Date: 21st Oct. 1995

Dear Sir,

In continuation of my previous letter on the subject of Naadi, I write

to inform you that the suggestion made by you in that letter (viz. The

‘Superstition Eradication Committee’ on 30th Sep. has unwittingly carried

out the public verification of the Naadi text) in the city of Pune itself. On

that date, in pursuance of the public call given by Dr. Dabholkar through

Newspapers, people in large numbers gathered at Apte High School at 7

p.m. to satisfy their curiosity about the Naadi text. Strangely enough, Dr.

Dabholkar the central figure, himself was found to be conspicuously absent

on that occasion. However three Tamil speaking persons fortunately

presented themselves at the venue after reading in newspapers about the

public exhibition of the Naadi text. Although, for obvious reasons, they

could not read the name ‘Shashikant’ in the enlarged photocopy of the

Naadi text, they at least could vouch for the script as being explicitly Tamil,

(A copy of their testimony to that effect under their signatures with their

addresses is enclosed herewith)

Now that at least three persons from Pune itself, could publicly

recognize the script as Tamil, as against your contention to the contrary,

you will, I hope, admit that there are possibly some persons in

Madras and elsewhere, who have the necessary expertise and skill to

read that old Tamil clearly and meet the scientific criteria of proper

verification of the Naadi text. In a true scientific spirit, therefore, you will, I

still hope, initiate appropriate steps to further explore the subject with an

open mind and without any prejudice, to scientifically establish the truth or

otherwise of the Naadi phenomenon. At least, there is now no reason, apart

from that of your unwillingness, to wash your hands off the subject as a

scientist.

Pending your initiation and execution of an appropriate plan for

further scientific investigation of the Naadi phenomenon, it will not be

unfair, in the light of the proven genuineness of the Naadi text, to expect

you to withdraw your earlier charge against the Naadi text as hoax by

means of a proper press release. This is the minimum obligation that true

allegiance to science requires.

Thanking you ,

Sincerely yours,

(Adwayanand Galatge)

Copy to :

1) Dr. Narendra Dabholkar, Satara.

2) Sri. Shashikant Oak, Tambaram, Madras.

Post script: Sri. Oak himself was present at the said exhibition and he

again made a public appeal

atthe exhibition to all concerned to come to Madras for the scientific

investigation of the Naadi, by offering to extend, all kind of help and cooperation.

If his appeal is still not headed, all those who make wild and

baseless charges against the Naadi as was done, for example by Dabholkar

in his press release on 29th Aug. stand condemned and exposed. (He

alleged, without any proof, that the Naadi poses a danger to society)

LETTER NO. 7

Prin. Galatge’s fourth letter to Dr. Jayant Naralikar

Date: 12th Nov. 1995

Dear Sir,

I am writing this letter to seek a clarification from you of a point

raised by Sri. Dabholkar’s letter of 14th Oct. 95, addressed to Sri. Oak. In

para no. 5 of this letter (written in Marathi) he says that your insistence on a

very large number of samples (viz. One or two thousand individuals) for the

scientific verification of the Naadi text is prompted by your desire to

obviate fraud. (Copy of his letter is enclosed herewith in confirmation of

this). If this is the reason why you insist on a very large number of samples,

I would like to know from you how fraud is obviated by having a large

number of samples, since fraud is, in principle, possible in any number of

samples, considering that the same time-gap may be involved in

each individual case of locating and reading the Naadi text, and

Dabholkar is avowedly willing to allow any number of days for the

completion of the Naadi-reading of the concerned individuals of those

samples (vide his letter)

If you do not agree with Dabholkar’s view of your reason for

insisting on a very large number of samples, I will be expecting you to

write a letter to him, endorsing a copy thereof to me, withdrawing your

reliance on him for exposing the Naadi ‘hoax’ scientifically, in view of the

fact that he has no clear or proper understanding of the scientific procedure

of the investigating of the Naadi text. Moreover, he does not explain why

he relies on 10 or 100 samples, which in his own view, facilitates fraud,

whereas, according to you, one or two thousand samples are required. He

also does not explain why he relies on Sri. Oak, avowedly a partisan of

Naadi Bhavishya, for the scientific investigation of the Naadi texts. Sri.

Dabholkar is thus, the most unfit person for carrying out the scientific

investigation of the Naadi phenomenon. May I hope you will either

repudiate him for carrying out this job or persuade him to personally

undertake the investigation strictly on scientific lines?

Thanking You,

Yours Sincerely (Adwayanand Galatge)

Copy to: 1) Sri. Shashikant Oak, Tambaram, Madras 2) Sri. Narendra

Dabholkar, Satara,

LETTER NO. 8

Prin. Adwayanand Galatge’s fifth letter to Dr. Jayant Naralikar.

Bhoj (Belgaum) 591 263, Karnataka Date: 28th

Nov. 1995

To,

Sri. Jayant Naralikar,

Director, IUCAA, Pune – 411 007

Dear Sir,

Despite my sincere appeal to you through my four previous letters to

undertake a scientific investigation of the Naadi phenomenon, first brought

to your notice personally by Wing Commander Sri. Shashikant Oak. I have

not received any response from you till today except the terse reply letter of

3rd July 95, stating that there is a considerable, gap between our relevant

perceptions of what science stands for. If this alleged difference of

perception of science between us were the sole reason for your not

responding, then at least my letter of 10th July 95 appealing to you to

undertake the investigation from the very stand-point of Western perception

of science which you espoused, should have evoked a positive response

from you. The non-response even to that letter forces me to conclude that

Western Science does not care a hoot for such a phenomenon as Naadi. If it

cares anything at all, it cares to expose the hoax that it presumes Naadi to

be. Your endorsement to Sri.

Dabholkar, the Chief of Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti, the copy

of the letter of 21st March 95 addressed to Sri. Oak, in which you have

chosen to call Naadi a hoax, confirms this conclusion.

Now, presuming Naadi to be a hoax, and also presuming that your

endorsement of the said letter to Sri. Dabholkar’s is intended to throw on

him the responsibility of exposing this hoax, one cannot but suppose that

you rely on his, (or his Samiti’s) scientific credentials and competence for

the task of exposing this hoax, or if they lack these, you guide them to do

the job on strictly scientific lines. This is exactly what I have requested you

to do in my last (fourth) letter of 12th Nov. 95. But even that letter has

remained unresponded, which forces me to conclude that you have

endorsed the said letter to Sri. Dabholkar only for forms sake and did not

seriously intend that he undertake the task of exposing the Naadi hoax in a

scientific manner. This conclusion however does not show you in a good

light as a scientist, inasmuch as it shows that you call Naadi a hoax without

seriously intending to expose it as a hoax or to prove it as such. Perhaps

you do not seriously intend to expose the Naadi as a hoax, because you

have no means to do it. This is made abundantly clear from the fact that you

insist on testing one or two thousand individual samples for the purpose.

This is patently an impossibility in practice. This impracticable suggestion

of yours, therefore, does not admit of any interpretation other than that you,

in effect, purport either to accuse that Naadi- text owners of crass deception

without caring to prove it, or to assert that there is no element of scientific

truth in Naadi Bhavishya without

caring to substantiate your assertion in a scientific manner. This is quite in

keeping with the practice of Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti, but not with

the practice of a professional Scientist that you are taken to be.

Under the circumstance, there is no other alternative for you as a

scientist than to depute forthwith a person, whom you trust fully and who

has the Scientific acumen and the necessary investigative skill, to undertake

the task of testing the Naadi text with Scientific objectivity, if you are not to

lay yourself open to the charge that you are avoiding the test of the Naadi

text by putting forth insurmountable difficulties on theoretical ground for

fear of facing the Naadi’s truth. The onus of proving the charge to be

misplaced clearly rests with you. Supposing you undertake the test and

supposing the results of the first test turn out positive, you are, free to

follow it up with additional tests until you are satisfied to be entitled to

draw the conclusion that the odds against the results turning out positive are

too heavy to be due to chance, after, of course, fraud is completely ruled

out. The next step in the investigation would be to find out the cause that

produced these results.

I think this is a historical task that any scientist is called upon to

undertake, as it would either knock the bottom from under the muchtouted

Naadi claims, or, if its claims are sustained, add a new

dimension to the phenomena that Science has to study in its efforts to

understand nature and her laws.

Either way it is an achievement of no small

consequence for science, if its objective is not to be defined too

narrowly or too academically.

I may add here that, I would like to accompany your deputy to

Madras as a neutral observer (or witness) at my own cost if you decide to

dispatch him by the end of January next or early February, as my doctor,

under whose treatment I am at present, has advised me against undertaking

long journeys till then. If, you decide to send the deputy and want me to

accompany him but think, it necessary to have a prior discussion with me

on the subject, I am prepared to come to Pune and meet you at your place

on any mutually convenient day.

Lastly, I beg you, Sir, to pardon me if my letters including this one,

have proved a nuisance to you I assure you solemnly not to trouble you

with any letter henceforth, even if you choose not to respond to this letter

also. Which, however, I earnestly hope you will not do.

Thanking You,

Yours sincerely

(Adwayanand Galatge)

Copy to:

1) Sri. Shashikant Oak, Tambaram, Madras

2) Sri. Narendra Dabholkar, Satara

CHAPTER NO. 25

Here is the proof of Miracle of Naadi predictions!

(A) Written Proof

On many occasions we read or hear about the happening of

miracles. Mere claims are futile, unless they are investigated based

on the proofs and the truth is established about miraculous

occurrences. However, all these investigations have got to be done

by the independent and unbiased investigating body, so that no

further controversies linger around.

It has been talked and discussed about the veracity of the

written matter on the palm leaves. Many believers and nonbelievers

especially those, ignorant of Tamil Language and its old

Script feel that at least the names individuals itched out on the

palm leaf are decoded and presented to them. Therefore, it should

be a question of life and death for those organizations who all the

time, refute about those tests conducted by others.

Here is a conclusive proof to ascertain and read the name of

the author "Shashikant" found in two different Naadi leaves

written for some other persons, with the gap of at last 5 years in

between them. Tamil knowing people will be able to satisfy the

authenticity of the script by themselves. For the benefit of those

curious and investigative type people who do not know the Tamil

language can also vouch for them self with keen & minute

observation of the script shown in the photograph and the other

languages script.

Considering the freedom of handwriting, the connectivity of

each of the word, the readers are requested to verify the word

'Shashikant'.

(Please view the attached Table with the Photograph)

It is expected here that the readers should observe two dots

on the top of the word 'Shashikant' from the photographs and table

showing letters in Devnagari Roman and Modern Tamil script and

cryptic Tamil letters. It appears that Maharshees have taken efforts

while writing the proper names of the parsons so that any Tamil

knowing person would be able to read the name.

(B) The proof of Carbon 14 test conducted in Germany

proves the age of Naadi leaf as at least 350 to 400 years old

Recently, my German friend mailed English version of

German book on Naadi prediction named 'The Secret of Indian

Palm leaf libraries' written by Thomas Ritter.

In that book on page 81 to 85 Mr. Thomas Ritter describes

his experiences of many Naadi centers he visited in India and the

result of Carbon 14 test conducted in the famous "Institute for Ion

Radiation of Physics Department" placed in nuclear Research

Center Rossendorph, Saxen, Germany. This institute has been

responsible to decide the age of ancient paintings and other

documents of National importance in Germany. Thomas Ritter

contacted expert C-14 scientists - Prof. Fradrik and Dr. Hanse of

the institute. He also confirmed from the experts on Tamil

language in Germany that the matter is in fact Tamil language

script. It is about predictions and not some religious matter.

On the preliminary checking scientists said that the matter

written on the leaf has been itched out and some graphite like

substance has been used to so the matter could be seen more

clearly. Clearing the black substance from the leaf took some

months. By then Thomas Ritter became increasingly anxious about

the result.

Some time in March 1995, he got much-awaited result, which

clearly indicated that the age of that particular leaf was at least 350

years old. Considering the deviation factor allowance generally

given for this type of tests the report said the age could be between

350 to 400 years.

Maharashtra Superstition Erudition Committee has been

debunking Naadi Predictions as a Hoax. It has been harping on

conducting the Carbon 14 Test as scientific proof against Naadi

Granths. However, in stead of conducting the tests on their own, it

wanted me to provide the sample to them. It further stated that if

the results indicate that the age of the leaf happens to be only in the

range of 100 or 500 years old then the tall claim of Naadi records

being very ancient will be proved to be bunkum instantly.

Now the age of Naadi leaf has been proved beyond doubt by

C- 14 test conducted by very famous laboratory in Germany. I was

aware that had I been involved with SEC in providing the sample

of Naadi leaf for C-14 test in India, the same organization would

have found me for doing some sort of mischief with sample and

results. If SEC threatens me with a challenge of 5 lakh of rupees,

why is it shy of collecting the sample by itself and conducting the

test independently?

Let us examine SEC's statement that if Naadi leaf is found to

be only 100 or 500 years old then the entire Naadi prediction

becomes bunkum instantaneously. It is the gimmick of the words.

Because if the matter on the leaf about the persons and other

relatives names, date of birth, number of brothers and sisters,

education etc, has been written before the birth of the person at any

time with out he/she telling it, then at what point of time the matter

has been written in the past becomes irrelevant. It may be 100

years or 200, 350, 500, or even 5000 years. It can not be treated as

cheating or hoax, on the contrary it proves as an established

miracle!

It is quite relevant to state that all Naadi Readers tell that the

matter on the leaf is very ancient but the leaf on which it has been

rewritten on many occasions or periods. Last known period being

Maratha King Maharaj Sarfoji II Raje of Tanjavur, kingdom. (A.

D. 1798 to 1832)

If person from Germany can undertake the carbon 14 test

why can't SEC here in India, undertakes the test without depending

on me, on its own?

Om Tat Sat

                                                        

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