Podanur

  • Premanand in Abhirami Hospital, Coimbatore

    NARENDRA NAYAK

    This document records a visit to pioneering rationalist B. Premanand at Abhirami Hospital, Coimbatore, during his terminal illness. Facing false deathbed conversion rumours spread by religious reactionaries, Premanand formally signed a legal declaration reaffirming his lifelong rationalist conviction, rejection of supernaturalism, and pledge to donate his body to science.

  • Inauguration of the Museum on Method of Science

    CHARVAKA DESK

    Press release announcing the inauguration of B. Premanand’s Museum on the Method of Science in Podanur. Despite facing terminal cancer, financial setbacks, and historical sabotage of the exhibition materials by political and religious vested interests, Premanand successfully revived the 19-panel educational project to foster scientific temper among the public.