Puttaparthi, 24 April [cnn-ibn]: Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's most influential spiritual leaders, breathed his last at a hospital funded by his organisation in his home town of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. He was 85.
Baba’s body will be kept at the Sai Kulwant Hall in Puttaparthi for two days - Monday and Tuesday. Arrangements were made for darshan after 6:00 pm on Sunday at the hall.
Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Geeta Reddy said that Sai Baba’s body would be buried on Wednesday in Puttaparthi.
Sai Baba’s response to medical treatment had been slow, doctors attending him said on Sunday, and he breathed his last at 7:40 am on Sunday. He was on intermittent hemodialysis and on assisted respiration until Saturday evening at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences at Puttaparthi.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has left for Puttaparthi to pay homage to the Baba.
Sai Baba was admitted to the super-speciality hospital on March 28 following problems related to heart and lungs. Doctors treating him said he was suffering from multi-organ dysfunction.
Sathya Sai Baba was born in 1926 at Puttapathi village in Andhra Pradesh. He was named Sathyanarayana. As a child he was unusually intelligent and never showed any interest in worldly things. When he was just 14 years old, Sathyanarayana announced that he was a reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi.
His ashram at Puttaparthi became a famous religious centre within just 20 years.
From prime ministers, presidents, kings, ambassadors, sports stars, movie stars and ordinary people, millions thronged his ashram seeking his blessings for over 50 years. He founded over 1500 Sathya Sai Centres in 114 countries across the globe.
Baba’s body will be kept at the Sai Kulwant Hall in Puttaparthi for two days - Monday and Tuesday. Arrangements were made for darshan after 6:00 pm on Sunday at the hall.
Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Geeta Reddy said that Sai Baba’s body would be buried on Wednesday in Puttaparthi.
Sai Baba’s response to medical treatment had been slow, doctors attending him said on Sunday, and he breathed his last at 7:40 am on Sunday. He was on intermittent hemodialysis and on assisted respiration until Saturday evening at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences at Puttaparthi.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has left for Puttaparthi to pay homage to the Baba.
Sai Baba was admitted to the super-speciality hospital on March 28 following problems related to heart and lungs. Doctors treating him said he was suffering from multi-organ dysfunction.
Sathya Sai Baba was born in 1926 at Puttapathi village in Andhra Pradesh. He was named Sathyanarayana. As a child he was unusually intelligent and never showed any interest in worldly things. When he was just 14 years old, Sathyanarayana announced that he was a reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi.
His ashram at Puttaparthi became a famous religious centre within just 20 years.
From prime ministers, presidents, kings, ambassadors, sports stars, movie stars and ordinary people, millions thronged his ashram seeking his blessings for over 50 years. He founded over 1500 Sathya Sai Centres in 114 countries across the globe.
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