Satya Sai Baba died

In India, at the age of 85, Satya Sai Baba - Guru and, according to his followers, a deity died. About this with reference to local media reports RIA Novosti. The official statement says: "Satya Sai Baba is physically no longer with us. He left his body." Over the past three weeks, Sai Baba in serious condition was in the hospital in his hometown of Puttaparti. The cause of death was heart failure.

According to the agency, the followers of Sai Baba began to arrive in Puttaparti in large numbers to say goodbye to their spiritual leader. Farewell will be organized in a local temple complex, where the body of the guru will stay until Tuesday.

Satya Sai Baba considered himself the embodiment of Sai Baba from Shirdi, a religious figure of the beginning of the century, the teaching of which was a mixture of Islam and Hinduism. The number of his followers in the world has several million people. Satya Sai Baba created the organization Sathya Sai Organization, whose branches are located in 114 countries. The organization is engaged in charity and support for various kinds of educational programs.