India is a new country, only 72 years old. Bharat, on the other hand, is at least 6000 years old. We need to know this because we are not Indians, we are Bharatiyas, an identity lost in the pages of so-called 'Mythology'.
All that being said, an important aspect of all these practices -- Yoga, Kalaripayattu, Ayurveda, Siddha etc. is their strong roots in vedanta and Hinduism.
Against the popular belief of superstitious, Astrology is based on mathematical calculations, based on which planets are aligned and after which predictions made.
A popular left aside leftist decided to introduce some chaos and anarchy in India. He belonged to cream of the society, creating a nexus among his families and friends.