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The culmination of all this is a series of books on Sai Baba and many other saints. He believed Sai Baba (Dattatreya incarnation) to be the matchless saint, a blend of all religions and the answer to all the questions of the present day and spirituality. [4] [5] Ekkirala Bharadwaja left his physical body on 12 April 1989 at Ongole.
Sai Baba, leaning against the wall of Dwarakamayi, with devotees. Sai Baba opposed all persecution based on religion or caste. He was an opponent of religious orthodoxy – Christian, Hindu, and Muslim. [4]: 139 Sai Baba encouraged his devotees to pray, chant God's name, and read holy scriptures.
Sathya Sai Baba (born Ratnakaram Sathyanarayana Raju; 23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011 [1]) was an Indian guru. [2] [3] At the age of 14, he said he was the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba [4] [5] and left his home saying "my devotees are calling me, I have my work". [6] [7] [8]
The Sathya Sai Baba movement is a new religious movement inspired by South Indian Neo-Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba who taught the unity of all religions. [1] [2] [3] Some of his followers have faith in his claim to be a purna Avatar (full divine incarnation) of Shiva and Shakti, [4] who is believed to have been predicted in the Bhagavad Gita. [5]
As per the 2011 Indian census, the population of Shirdi stood at 36,004.Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Shirdi has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 62%.
Shirdi Sai Baba Temple is a Hindu temple located in the neighbourhood of Mylapore in Chennai, India. It is dedicated to the Indian saint Sai Baba of Shirdi . The temple was built in 1952 by one B V Narasimhaswami from Salem , a Sai Baba devotee, out of money donated by a Chettiar merchant.
Sai Baba of Shirdi (c. 1838 –1918), Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011), born Sathya Narayana Raju, Indian guru G. N. Saibaba (1967–2024), Indian scholar and activist
Shankara came to be presented as an incarnation of Shiva in the 14th century, [10] [web 1] to facilitate the adoption of his teachings by previously Saiva-oriented mathas in the Vijayanagara Empire. From the 14th century onwards hagiographies were composed, in which he is portrayed as establishing the Daśanāmi Sampradaya, [ 11 ] organizing a ...