किताब में लिंग जांच का सुझाव देने वाले आयुर्वेद गुरु बालाजी तांबे पर केस दर्ज

 16 jun 2016
The state government has filed a case against ayurveda expert Balaji Tambe in the judicial magistrate's court at Sangamner in Ahmednagar district for violation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques ( PCPNDT ) Act.

A committee that went into allegations of sex-specific Conception techniques prescribed by Tambe in his book 'Ayurvedic Garbha Sanskar' found that prima facie there was enough material to proceed in the case.

Dr Rajeev Ghodke, medical superintendent of Sangamner rural hospital, filed the case against Tambe on behalf of the state government.

Tambe remained unavailable for comment despite several attempts to contact him.

The original complaint against Tambe was made with the rural surgeon at Sangamner by Ganesh Borhade, a resident of Sangamner, in November last year.

"The government agency has woken up and filed a case against Tambe only after I filed a complaint against the local civil surgeon in the court and made him the first accused (for not acting in accordance with law)," Borhade said. "I filed the case against the civil surgeon for non-action in May."

Borhade had complained against Tambe in November last year for advice on sex selection in his book, which was said to be in violation of the PCPNDT Act.

"The complaint was registered with the rural surgeon and was forwarded to the district civil surgeon," Borhade said. "He then set up a committee to study the facts and the significance of the complaint. But there was no follow up or progress from the other side, the committee report got delayed."

Borhade said he waited for five months for the report to come in.

"Then I decided to file the complaint against the civil surgeon before the judicial magistrate, where I made him the first accused," Borhade said. "It led to the government agency waking up and getting moving. Finally, the government agency filed the case against Tambe on June 13."

Archana Patil of the state directorate of health services said that action would be taken against Balaji Tambe for printing and publishing material that seemed to be in violation of the PCPNDT rules.

"What was mentioned in the Ayurveda book, it seems our technical committee has said that it violates the PCPNDT rules, hence the civil surgeon has taken appropriate action against Tambe," Patil said.

The report said there was sufficient proof that the book prima facie violated the PCPNDT rules and a case should be filed against Tambe.

Any person who contrivances the provision PCPNDT act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend three years and the fine which may extend to Rs 10,000.


The Maharashtra government has filed a case against noted Pune-based Ayurvedic practitioner and author Dr. Balaji Tambe for violating the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act after he allegedly prescribed the chanting of certain mantras to beget a male child in a popular book authored by him.

The case was lodged at a Judicial First Class Magistrate court in Sangamner in Ahmednagar district, after Dr. Tambe failed to reply to a show cause notice issued against him on this matter earlier in January this year.

Dr. Tambe, known for his Ayurvedic ‘panchkarma’ treatment, has authored the popular book ‘Ayurvediya Garbha Sanskar’ which has become a source of controversy following the notice.

The notice was issued to Dr. Tambe and his publisher and a book seller at Sangamner following a complaint by activist Ganesh Borhade under section 20(1) of the PC-PNDT Act.

Mr. Borhade had claimed that Dr. Tambe’s book contains chapters which expressly stipulate that certain ‘vedic mantras’ needed to be heard and chanted by the pregnant woman during delivery.

“In Tambe’s book, if the first child is a girl and the parents want the second one to be a male, then certain rituals must be followed. I thought this was shocking and hence I formally lodged a complaint in November last year,” Mr. Borhade said. Dr. Tambe could face up to three years of imprisonment in the event of the charges being proved.

He allegedly prescribed in his book the chanting of certain mantras to beget a male child

The Maharashtra government has filed a case against Pune-based Ayurvedic practitioner and author Dr. Balaji Tambe for violating the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act after he allegedly prescribed the chanting of Vedic mantras to beget a male child in a book authored by him.

The case was lodged at a Judicial First Class Magistrate court in Sangamner in Ahmednagar district, after Dr. Tambe failed to reply to a show-cause notice issued against him in January this year.

Dr. Tambe, known for his Ayurvedic ‘panchkarma’ treatment, has authored the book Ayurvediya Garbha Sanskar , which has become a source of controversy following the notice.

The notice was issued to Dr. Tambe and his publisher and book-seller at Sangamner, following a complaint by activist Ganesh Borhade under section 20(1) of the PC-PNDT Act. Mr. Borhade had claimed that Dr. Tambe’s book contains chapters which stipulate that certain ‘Vedic mantras’ need to be heard and chanted by the woman during delivery.

“In Tambe’s book, if the first child is a girl and the parents want the second one to be a male, then various rituals must be followed. I thought this shocking and hence, I lodged a complaint in November last year,” Mr. Borhade said. Following the complaint, the matter was taken up before the PC-PNDT advisory committee in December last year and a show-cause notice was accordingly dealt to Dr. Tambe.

Dr. Tambe could face up to three years in jail if the charges are proved. A prominent personality, Dr. Tambe is director on the board of the Sakal Media Group, which publishes the Marathi daily Sakal .

Dr. Tambe allegedly advocated chanting of mantras to beget a male child in a book authored by him


किताब में लिंग जांच का सुझाव देने वाले आयुर्वेद गुरु बालाजी तांबे पर केस दर्ज

बालाजी तांबे पर 'प्रि-कन्सेप्शन और प्रि नटल डायग्नॉस्टिक टेकनीक्स (PCPNDT) एक्ट' का उल्लंघन करने को लेकर यह मामला दर्ज किया गया है. तांबे पर आरोप है कि उन्होंने अपनी किताब आयुर्वेदिक गर्भ संस्कार में लिंग परीक्षण की तकनीक बताई है.

टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया की खबर के मुताबिक इसकी जांच के लिए एक कमेटी बनी जिसने प्रथम दृष्टया यह माना कि किताब में ऐसी कई बातें हैं जिसके आधार पर केस को आगे बढ़ाया जा सकता है. संगमनेर अस्पताल के मेडिकल सुप्रीटेंडेंट डॉक्टर राजीव घोडके ने राज्य सरकार की तरफ से तांबे के खिलाफ केस दर्ज करवाया है. इस मामले पर तांबे की ओर से अभी तक कोई बयान नहीं आया है.