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Hindu Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba dies
Sunday
April 24, 2011 10:39:03 AM, IANS,
Agencies
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Puttaparthi
(Andhra Pradesh): Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's most
famous Hindu spiritual leaders with thousands of followers in the
country and abroad, died here Sunday after a prolonged illness. He
was 85.
Sai Baba, whom his devotees worshipped as god, was suffering from
multi-organ dysfunction. He breathed his last at the Sathya Sai
super-speciality hospital, where he was admitted March 28 with
cardiac problems.
"Sri Sathya Sai Baba is no more with us. He left his physical body
at 7.40 a.m. April 24, 2011 due to cardio-respiratory failure,"
said a statement from the hospital.
Sai Baba, whose real name was Sathyanarayana Raju, was born Nov
23, 1926 at Puttaparthi. In 1940, he claimed he is an "avatar" of
god.
He became famous with his miracles but stopped performing the same
after rationalists accused him of fraud. Since then Sai Baba had
been focusing on social and charitable work.
The Sai Baba Trust runs a state-of-the-art hospital, university
and several other institutions to serve the poor in over 160
countries.
His devotees are spread across the world and they include the
heads of states and governments, politicians, film and sports
personalities, judges and army officials.
President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had
attended Baba's 85th birthday celebrations last year.
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