What started with a mysterious trickle, ended in death threats, charges of blasphemy and pleas for asylum from Sanal Edamaruku. The noted Indian rationalist argued that a "miraculous" dripping crucifix in Mumbai was caused by faulty plumbing and not divine intervention.
The controversy started in March when water began to drip from the feet of a statue of Jesus at the Church of Our Lady of Velankanni in western Mumbai. Thousands flocked to the site to collect the "holy" water, with some even drinking it in the hopes of curing various ailments, the Daily News reports.
Edamaruku, who is the founder and president of Rationalist International and president of the Indian Rationalist Association, arrived at the site to investigate.
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