Players Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar cricket joined tens of thousands of faithful tribute to Sathya Sai Baba, Indian spiritual guru including charities and claimed miracles earned it devotion and contempt.
"He will live in our hearts permanently," former Indian cricket captain Gavaskar said journalists in the city of the South of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh State where Sai Baba, who died yesterday aged 84, built his ashram. "It will still continue to inspire us," Gavaskar said in a speech televised.
Politicians and movie stars were also among the faithful who queued for a last glimpse of the preacher, wait its turn to kneel outside his clothed body SAFRAN, placed in a coffin of glass at the Town Hall of Kulwant of IAD. A State funeral is scheduled for Tuesday.
"At least 200,000 followers have paid their respect." Schools and other institutions are closed, "senior police officer b. Narasimhalu, said in a telephone interview.
Hard Rock Café founder Isaac Tigrett sold its shares in the chain of restaurants and donated any product of $ 108 million to the Sai Baba for a hospital specializing in Puttaparthi to provide free health care for the poor in rural areasthe magazine opened reported in April.
Sai Baba, who sported afro-style hair reminiscent of rock Jimi Hendrix musician, died after his heart and respiratory organs failed, A.N. Safaya, Director at the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Institute of higher Medical Sciences, stated in a press release on the Web site of the hospital.
Entrusted attracted such as Sai Baba "gestures itself to the population through various institutions," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday. "It was believed that it is the duty of each person to ensure that all persons have access to the basic requirements for sustenance of life."
Sai Baba trust has established schools, universities and hospitals, with various political leaders Indian support for his charities. The former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and former President Shankar Sharma Dayal were present at the opening of a project of the water, in 1995, in the State of Andhra Pradesh, while former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated a hospital in Bangalore.
At the age of 14 years, the guru told his family that he will be known as "sai Baba," the title of an Indian ascetic passed of whom he claimed to be a reincarnation, according to a statement on its Web site. In 1960, he said to his disciples he "left his body" in 2019.
While adherents believe in his miracles, including acts produce Holy ash, rings and necklaces, fruit, sugar candy and watches from thin air, critics have the dismissed as tricks.
They "" remains controversial to others and he been reluctant to scientific tests that it would never have the question of their authenticity, "said Erlendur Haraldsso, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of social sciences at the University of Iceland, who has conducted research on Indian"miracle-makers.""
Allegations by some former followers that Sathya Sai Baba had sexually abused their terni its image. K. Chakravarty, Secretary of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust did not answer calls made to his Office yesterday.
"Us do consider as a real miracle worker,", said David c. Lane, Professor of sociology and philosophy at the College of San Antonio, Texas. "I have a number of reports of former followers that they have been harassed in the guise of spiritual evolution."
Sai Baba has denied all the charges against him and has not been charged of all offences in India.
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