Indian spiritual preacher Aniruddhacharya, known to followers as a kathavachak, has drawn sharp criticism after videos surfaced of him saying there is no answer in science, recommending cow urine (gomutra) for curing cancer, high blood pressure, and tuberculosis, alongside cow dung (gobar) for skin diseases, was recently filmed at a Chicago hospital undergoing a blood test. He advised followers to get regular check-ups every six months, explaining an Indian doctor there recommended the procedure.
In his earlier discourses, he has promoted these as potent traditional remedies rooted in Hindu reverence for the cow, even linking them to cases like Navjot Kaur Sidhu’s claimed recovery. Yet the same figure today was recommending science!
The media erupted with accusations of hypocrisy: while millions are urged to rely on unproven cow-based therapies that sneer at modern science, the preacher himself in United States landed up in a “scientific Western hospital.
Regarding the treatment Aniruddhacharya urges his followers to take, medical experts and oncologists have long rejected such claims. There is no rigorous scientific evidence that cow urine cures cancer or any major disease; relying on it risks delaying proven treatments and endangering lives. Critics argue this selective faith, cow urine for the masses, Western diagnostics for the elite, misleads vulnerable devotees and undermines public health.
As videos of his Chicago visit circulate, the episode underscores a deeper tension: spiritual authority peddling pseudoscience while quietly embracing evidence-based care. Devotees deserve honesty, not double standards that prioritise spectacle over science.
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