Narendra Nayak is a well known rationalist from Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

, Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

, India

India

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He is the founder of Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association

Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association

Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association is a well known rationalist group based in Mangalore, Karnataka which promotes skepticism. It was formed in 1976 at the initiative of a few individuals led by Dr. Narendra Nayak...

 and has been its Secretary since 1976. He is also the national president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations

Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations

Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations is an umbrella body of more than 75 rationalist, atheist, skeptic, secularist and science organisations in India...

, an apex body of more than 65 atheist, rationalist and Humanist

Humanism

Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. In philosophy and social science, humanism is a perspective which affirms some notion of human nature, and is contrasted with anti-humanism....

 groups in India

India

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 and a member of Folks Magazine's Editorial Board since August 2011. As part of his campaign to expose the so-called miracle

Miracle

A miracle often denotes an event attributed to divine intervention. Alternatively, it may be an event attributed to a miracle worker, saint, or religious leader. A miracle is sometimes thought of as a perceptible interruption of the laws of nature. Others suggest that a god may work with the laws...

s and to debunk

Debunker

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 superstition

Superstition

Superstition is a belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any process in the physical world linking the two events....

s, he has conducted about 2000 demonstrations all over India as well as in Australia

Australia

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, England

England

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, and Greece

Greece

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