Superstition and belief in magic permeate India’s culture. As someone who’s watched Aladdin on multiple occasions, I can say this with authority. YES, I know, Aladdin lives in some Arab country, not India. But I’m fairly certain both regions have brightly colored textiles and whatnot, and Disney hasn’t done any full-blown India-centric productions that I can think of off the top of my head, so we’re working with limited information here.
Anyway, like I said, superstitious people live in India. They migrate from around the globe, probably, congregating in small impoverished villages where they swap delusional hogwash around the campfire.
Enter the rationalists, evangelists of reality gospel. Sanal Edamaruku, president of Rationality International, asked a well-known guru to murder him live on television, using only his tantric superpowers. What spiritual healer could resist an opportunity like that?
Not this one, apparently. The brutal death scene: