Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian spiritual guru for the hard rock Café founder Isaac Tigrett of his participation on the restaurant chain, sold died. He was 84.
The Saffron-clad preacher, sported Afro style hair reminiscent of rock musician Jimi Hendrix, died in the southern Indian town of Puttaparthi, in the State of Andhra Pradesh, after his heart and respiratory system failed, A.N. Safaya, Director of the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Institute of higher medical sciences, website said in a statement to the hospital.
Sai Baba's trust has set up, the support schools, universities and hospitals with various Indian politicians for his charities. The former Prime Minister p.v. Narasimha Rao ex-President Shankar Dayal Sharma were present and dedicated during the opening of a water project in the year 1995 in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh, while former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee a hospital in Bangalore.
He was born in the town of Sathyanarayana Raju and made it his Hermitage, called him Prasanthi Nilayam, the "abode of divine peace." He died at 7:40 pm local time today, said Safaya.
Tigrett, according to his official website, sold its stake in the hard rock cafe co-founder Peter Norton, and the open magazine reported in April, that Tigrett donated the whole of $108 million Sai Baba to start a specialty hospital in Puttaparthi is aimed at, free health care, the rural poor.
Popular Sai Baba "is the people by different institutions," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a statement today. "He believed that it is the duty of every individual to ensure that all people have access to the essential requirements for food of life."
At the age of 14 years, the guru said his family that he as "Sai Baba," the title of a recent Indian ascetic which he claimed a reincarnation, according to a statement on its website would be known. In 1960, he told his followers he "his body would leave in the year 2019".
While his miracles, the Holy ash, rings and necklaces, fruits, sugar candy and watches from the air, including followers believe they critics as mere sleight of hand have dismissed tricks.
You "remained to others and he sparred controversial scientific tests, forever the question of their authenticity, would have settled", said Erlendur Haraldsso, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of social sciences at the University of Iceland, who research on the Indian 'miracle makers."
His followers remained convinced of his powers.
"I am a student of his for more than 35 years," a software consultant L. Saiguru, 43, said. "Sometimes I think that he is right in front of me to guidance in life." "I believe that he can work wonders."
Allegations of some former supporters, that Sathya Sai Baba sexually abused had tarnished his image. K. Chakravarty, Secretary of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust calls to not answer at his Office.
"We do not view it as a real miracle worker,", said David C. Lane, Professor of sociology and philosophy at the College in San Antonio in Texas. "I have made a number of reports former students that they were harassed under the guise of spiritual unfoldment."
Have imposed prohibitory orders against crush police in Puttaparthi and meetings as thousands of supporters gathered in the city, the press trust of India reported on 21 April. More than 2,000 police officers were used as the health of the Sai Baba deteriorated.
"No one can understand my glory, who he is, what whatever its method of the request, but his attempt, long" Sai Baba wrote in a May 25, 1947, letter to his brother, according to a statement on Baba's website.
The reporter on this story contact: Jay Shankar in Bangalore on jshankar1@bloomberg.net
The editor responsible for this story contact: Paul Tighe at ptighe@bloomberg.net
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