I think there are still some good practitioners left in north, but i have to say the Vedic Pandits in south still follow the rituals and scriptures to the letter.While in North some of it has changed. You should visit Tirupati Vedic University or the Godavari and Krishna District Vedic Pandits.
They still take part in Ghanapati challenges.
One Person is able to listen to 500 or more people questioning him at the same time, and gives satisfactory answers to each and every person who asked him the question.That is a mental feat of course,which needs many years of training the brain to perform such tasks.
In this case the god chose to be celibate, learn to respect the beliefs and traditions.Why don't you leave Hindus to follow their faith and you can around playing with your Pseudo-Secular beliefs.