#AmazingFact: Did you know about The Great Tantra Challenge? 😲 This live event shook the world as Indian skeptic, Sanal Edamaruku, fearlessly took on a tantrik in a magical face-off! 💥✨
#UnbelievableEncounter: The daring Sanal Edamaruku decided to prove his disbelief in magic by putting his life on the line! He challenged the tantrik to use only his magical powers to end Sanal’s life. 😮
Time and time again, the tantrik tried his best to defeat Sanal, using every trick up his sleeve. 🧙♂️✨ But against all odds, to the amazement of the crowd, the skeptic emerged unscathed from each attempt. The tantrik was left stunned, scratching his head in disbelief. 🤯
Finally, admitting defeat, the baffled tantrik proposed an astonishing theory: Sanal was evidently being protected by a powerful god! 😱🙏 But guess what? Sanal unabashedly responded that he was an atheist! 🚫🙏
It was a jaw-dropping moment that exemplified the strength of Sanal’s conviction and left everyone speechless. 🤐💥 His immense courage and unwavering stance sent shockwaves through the audience, daring them to question their own beliefs. 🧐✊
Isn’t this an incredible showdown that challenges our understanding of magic and belief systems? You’ve got to admire Sanal Edamaruku’s bravery and determination in putting his own life at stake, all in the name of skepticism! 💪🔍
#FoodForThought: Who would have thought that a daring skeptic could leave a tantrik dumbfounded with nothing but his unwavering disbelief? This fascinating encounter reminds us that sometimes, magic lies in the power of one’s conviction and the quest for the truth. 🌟🔍
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Tantra_Challenge
“You may not believe in God, mister, but God believes in you!”
Him being an atheist is only relevant if Sanal is required to believe in the god to get his protection. Otherwise, he could just be under the protection of a god he doesn’t even believe in.
I think it’s more interesting that the dude was willing to kill him, but also used his hands (and other things).
Imagine what would’ve happened if by chance Sanal actually died for some completely unrelated reason.
Wrong person to have this challenge with. My state’s ruling party or opposition party can do this, if you point out any corruption or be a witness to one of their corruption and willing to testify or just irritate them.
Just Google Dinakaran office burning, leelavathi murder, Dharmapuri bus burning, Sadiq batcha suicide. The interesting thing is the political parties involved in all the above are so-called “rational atheist” parties.
Depending on the definition of “magic” he could just have had him poisoned in secret. In my understanding of the word it just means “unsolved mysterious method”. If you take some tribesman from the jungle who has never seen electricity, you would be a magician when you use a light switch, or it would seem you are casting a spell when you talk to Alexa and ask it to do it for you.
Me being an Indian TIL about this event and it’s the first time I’m hearing of either of the participants or their names
I was in a metal band called tantra for a bit I didn’t come up with the name but i thought it sounded cool af I had no idea what it meant and I still don’t but I did get flashbacks to those days reading this title lol
I wonder if Sanal was friends with the late great James Randi.
Tanillusion Michael! A Tantrick is something a con artist does for money.
The EXACT SAME SCENARIO happened on TikTok. The so-called “witches” of TikTok were challenged by a simple atheist to curse him, fuck him up, make him lose everything, so these “witches” can prove their craft. It all failed, literally he was fine, kept his job, livelihood, health, etc., nothing bad happened to him that you could call “witchcraft”. Guess what “WitchTok” did? Cope hard: “He is protected by powerful spirits and he doesn’t even know it”, “His lack of belief is so strong it works as a protection”, “I [self-alleged big-time witch *mama*] knew nothing would happen to him, because his power of will is too strong to be affected by a curse”.
My family curse against the Pittsburgh Steelers is still going strong though!
If you want us to lift it, you will need to follow our specific list of demands! And probably get a new coaching staff too. God can only do so much for you, Steelers.
Would’ve been funny if the magic got so frustrated that he whipped out a gun and just shot him=P
This doesn’t really seem like a TIL. Anyone else noticed that an increasingly large amount of posts are just random blurbs
The wise move for the tantrik would have been to say he wouldn’t do it because he’s not a crazy person.
Sounds like Surinder had to surrender
“I don’t believe in god, you just weak bro.”
And this is why I don’t play dungeons and dragons
Checkmate, atheist. YOU are God.
So if this guy really believed in his powers… was he just cool with straight up killing a dude on live TV?
The WTF here is people casually trying to kill another person with magic instead of, you know, declining the challenge because murder is kinda bad.