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Paths to spiritual enlightenment. Horoscopes designed by  so-called  time travellers.These are just some of the things that have been on offer at the \"Mystique India\"  exhibition in New Delhi...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eHindi/English/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eCures for AIDS and cancer. Paths to spiritual enlightenment. Horoscopes designed by  so-called  time travellers.\u003cbr/\u003eThese are just some of the things that have been on offer at the \"Mystique India\"  exhibition in New Delhi over the past five days.\u003cbr/\u003eThe fair, organised to promote ancient systems of science and medicine, has attracted  the country's quacks, faith healers and gurus peddling their latest panaceas.\u003cbr/\u003eBut it has also been an opportunity for natural therapists to educate the public about  homeopathic cures which could hold the answers to some modern problems.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the land of sadhus and swamis, mysticism and the occult, the sight of a group of  people meditating before a guru is not that uncommon.\u003cbr/\u003eIndians with medical problems or complaints regularly seek out their local sage for  advice and help.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's a practice that's generally limited to spiritual centres and temples.\u003cbr/\u003eBut for the first time, India's godmen have taken to the exhibition circuit.\u003cbr/\u003eOver the past five days they've participated in \"Mystique India\" - a fair to promote  ancient systems of science and medicine.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's attracted tens of thousands of visitors, and the number and diversity of exhibitors  has been vast, including quacks and self-professed spiritualists from across the  country.\u003cbr/\u003eFor those feeling somewhat stiff and needing just a little flexibility in life, there's always  yoga.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's one Indian export that has gained popularity around the world.\u003cbr/\u003eBut other systems could take some time to catch on.\u003cbr/\u003eThe use of this pendulum, its inventors claim, channels karma and leads to inner peace  and contentment.\u003cbr/\u003eThese gadgets are said to soothe away aches and pains - as well as, it seems, chest  hair.\u003cbr/\u003eExhibitors boast a number of panaceas, pills and tonics to cure everything from the  common cold to... well, just about anything.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Hindi)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have been dealing with cancer patients who were told they were beyond treatment,  but I've helped them. I call my cure Mysterious Treatment.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr. Hari Krishna, Homeopath and Cancer specialist\u003cbr/\u003eInstant cures aside, the fair appears to have  proved illuminating for many seeking  spirituality.\u003cbr/\u003eIn an increasingly sceptical world, it's been an opportunity for gurus to speak to a  section of the public who usually shy away from ashrams, or spiritual centres.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Hindi)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Here we're being given a stage on which to work. It helps us to get our beliefs across  to the people, and so more people can come to experience it. We want to establish our  methods by letting people have practical experience.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Chetanya Maharaj, Spiritual Master\u003cbr/\u003eBut it's not just about instant cures and enlightenment.\u003cbr/\u003eThe organisers' main aim has been to educate the public about India's ancient medical  sciences.\u003cbr/\u003eHomeopathic methods, many of them laid down in Hindu holy books thousands of  years ago, have already proved invaluable where some modern medicines have failed.\u003cbr/\u003eMany therapists and Western researchers say the West still has much to glean from  India's rich past.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"At a time when cancer and AIDS and other major diseases are really creating a  scramble for drugs and resources and biotechnical innovations, I thinks it's also really  important to consider herbal remedies.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Kristin Bright, research scholar, US Educational Foundation\u003cbr/\u003eFor the sceptics, some pills may still prove hard to swallow, but alternative therapy is  big business in India with a population of more than 900 (m) million.\u003cbr/\u003eRegardless of what these fortune tellers are predicting for their customers, they see a  bright future for themselves.\u003cbr/\u003eNew Delhi, India, 17th September 1996\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot people meditating\u003cbr/\u003e2. People meditating\u003cbr/\u003e3. Long shot people meditating in front of master\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up: master\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide: master and people meditating\u003cbr/\u003e6. Top pan exhibition\u003cbr/\u003e7. People walking around exhibition\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various: people demonstrating yoga exercises\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close up: onlooker\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close up: pendulum\u003cbr/\u003e11. Man holding pendulum over another's hand\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various: men being treated with electric instruments\u003cbr/\u003e13. Pan people drinking miracle tonic\u003cbr/\u003e14. Set up shots for Dr. Hari Krishna\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: Dr. Hari Krishna (Hindi)\u003cbr/\u003e16. Various: master administering remedy to people\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: Chetanya Maharaj (Hindi)\u003cbr/\u003e18. Various: picture of ancient herbal treatment\u003cbr/\u003e19. Man in wheelchair\u003cbr/\u003e20. Woman in wheelchair, pan to women standing\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: Kristin Bright (English)\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various: healer drumming on men\u003cbr/\u003e23. 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