The legacy of K.N. Rao is complex and contradictory, defined by his paradoxes mission to bring a scientific and rational approach to a discipline that, by all empirical accounts, is not one.

His public acts of accountability for his own predictive failures were a unique attempt to instill humility and rigor, but they did not protect the core claims of astrology from scientific scrutiny.

Ultimately, his legal victory in the Supreme Court did not serve to legitimize astrology as a science in the eyes of the academic and scientific world, as the verdict was based on a deeply flawed and widely criticized rationale.

The ongoing debate highlights the profound tension in contemporary India between upholding traditional knowledge systems and adhering to the principles of modern scientific inquiry.

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