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Sathya Sai Baba
![](images/g_officialname.gif) Sathya Sai Baba
![](images/g_altname.gif) Sathya Sai Organization
![](images/g_foundersname.gif) Sri Sathya Sai Baba (b. Sathyanarayana Raju) (1926-2011)
![](images/g_foundingplace.gif) Puttaparthi, India
![](images/g_headquarters.gif) Puttaparthi, India
![](images/g_educational.gif) Sathya Sai Schools and Institutes, Sri Sathya Sai University
![](images/g_organization.gif) Sathya Sai Organization; Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, Prashanthi Nilayam. According to one obituary, the late guru’s trust "runs a university complex, a 220-bed hospital, a world religion museum, a planetarium, a railway station, a hill-view stadium, a music college, an administrative building, an airport and an indoor sports stadium."
![](images/g_books.gif) include Sathya Sai Speaks (series)
![](images/g_periodicals.gif) include Sanathana Sarathi, Eterno Conductor, Az Örök Kocsihajt
![](images/g_broadcasts.gif) Radio Sai Global Harmony
![](images/g_beliefs.gif) The group’s central claim is that Sathya Sai Baba is "an incarnation of God, come to restore righteousness."
![](images/g_controversies.gif) Accusations against Sai Baba include fakery (such as pretending to miraculously materialize objects) and the sexual abuse of followers.
![](images/g_commentary.gif) By all accounts, Sai Baba has the largest following of any living Hindu guru. Sathya Sai Baba should not be confused with Sai Baba of Shirdi (?-1918), whose reincarnation he claimed to be.
![](images/g_adherents.gif) Six million
![](images/g_countries.gif) Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela
The movement’s official web site claims 1,200 centers in 114 countries
![](images/g_languages.gif) include English, Spanish, Telugu
![](images/g_resources.gif) www.ccgm.org.au/Articles/ARTICLE-0086.htm
www.reachouttrust.org/articles/othergrp/saibaba.htm
www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sathya_Sai_Baba
www.factnet.org/cults/Sai_Baba/Bhagavan_Sri_Sathya_Sai_Baba.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba#Criticism
robertpriddy.wordpress.com
www.gethome.no/~reirob/
saibabaexposed.blogspot.com
www.saibabaexpose.com/saibabaexposed.htm
![](images/g_news.gif) www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-sathya-sai-baba-20110425 0 7545841.story
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/24/sri-sathya-sai-baba-dies
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/3791921.stm
![](images/g_sites.gif) www.sathyasai.org
www.sssbpt.org
www.srisathyasai.org.in
www.sai-fi.net
![](images/g_sources.gif) www.sathyasai.org/discour/1968/d680517.htm
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