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| • | Sathya Sai Baba (born Sathya Narayana Raju with the family name Ratnakaram , November 23, 1926 or October 4, 1929 is a popular, controversial Indian guru who has millions of followers and hundreds of Sathya Sai Baba groups in many countries. When he was in his teens he claimed to be the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba and subsequently took the fakir's name. He says that he is an avatar (incarnation) of Shiva and Shakti and an embodiment of love with divine powers such as omniscience and omnipotence.
He is said to manifest vibuthi (holy ash) and small objects like rings and watches daily. He claims to materialize these objects out of nothing but refused to have his materializations investigated under controlled circumstances. His followers report many, sometimes spectacular miracles of many kinds that they attribute to the Baba. He preaches a foundation of five basic values: Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence. He teaches the unity of all major world religions and says that they all lead to God.
His followers and the organizations that he has founded are involved in many service projects around the world, for example schools, free healthcare provided through state-of-the-art hospitals near Baba's main ashram and in Bangalore and water projects serving thousands in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. In the Puttaparthi, the place where Baba was born and still lives, that was originally a small vilage, one can now find a university, World Religions Museum, planetarium, superspecialty hospital and more. High ranking Indian politicians, like the current president Dr. Abdul Kalam, Manmohan Singh (then the finance minister), and Atal Vajpayee (then the prime minister) have been official guests at the ashram in Puttaparthi.
Critics, including skeptic Basava Premanand who wrote that he was a member of the Sathya Sai Organisation beteween 1968-1974 and the former follower Welsh pianist David Bailey, claim that these materializations are done by sleight of hand, which they say can be verified with videos available on the internet. They also claim that he has inappropriate
Source: [wikipedia: sathya sai baba]
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