The day was Sunday, 22/02/09 (3 days ago) and I was in Gurpur, a small town by the shores of the river Gurpur (Click on the map for a bigger image):-
There was some family occasion at the community hall over there and then I learnt of this guy at the Sri Varadraya Venkatramana Temple. This temple is believed to have been built in 1712 A.D; Punar-pratista was done in 1952.
So we all went- Everyone else with reverence for the guy and I with skepticism drooling from my lower lip. First up was my younger brother: The guy actually told about him (my brother) being in class 10 and being an average student at best, and went on to tell him to do blah-blah-blah for getting more marks. At this point I was a little interested but then it could have been deduced by any smart chap.
Next up: Me! He looks at me and tells I am an engineer and wish to go for higher education... WTF??? There is NO WAY he knew about me and at this point I was shell-shocked and would have remained so had he not opened his trap again. He says: There are economic issues so getting a job is difficult. Is that so?? Take a look:-
Strike 1!
I controlled my smirk successfully. Next he tells me I havent prepared anything for the higher education process so I need to do so soon. He tells me to take TOEFL next month as it is a lucky month for me:-
Strike 2! It was getting harder to not laugh out loud.. He then tells me I am generally silent and experience sudden bouts of anger. Well nothing anyone can tell to that, except that he is wrong! STRIKE 3 AND YOU ARE OUT!!
I was gloating with a sick smile on my face looking at everyone else there and showing them I was right about this guy being a fraud when, and I never expected this, my cousin sister went up to him...
He tells: Canara Engineering College, Electronics & Communication, 63.2% marks, no job yet, only 12 in her class of 74 placed so far etc etc for about 3 mins. All facts, no guesses!
I was not ready for this, especially after my "glorious victory". That guy told everything precisely to 2 significant figures accurately about her. I desperately wanted to be told that he somehow knew this, that my cousin had talked to him before but she and everyone else vehemently denies it to this day.
Is he a seer or a fraud? I have my reservations about him and the entire world of "men-of-God" but that day was not the most normal of days..
4 comments:
i know this guy, even he predicted everything wrong about me but according to my friends, he was right about them. all i know is that he hits boys hard on their back( in a friendly way) hahahaha!
Exactly! Isnt it always the case that he is wrong for you, but always right for others?
Oh and he never dared hit me on the back :)
I have never come across a seer who says the truth in mangalore so far.When i was having some decisions to make and lots of obstacles, my friends took me far and wide. nothing came out of it anyway. i just felt it was all a big joke and money making scheme.even the priests in the temples run after us to do pujas.
good he didn't hit you on the back, he just thulps people solid.
Well I believe those who go there already believing that guy to be a seer take whatever he says and try to connect the smallest thing that happens in real life to those "prophecies". So in contrast when you go there as a skeptic, there is very little you can be convinced with.
Anyway the basic point is there will always be people who are willing to go for such stuff, be it your own family and friends, and others who wont. But I dont see any quick way that this practice will end in the near future!
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