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Sai Baba: God-man or con man?

Is Sai Baba a pedophile? by Michelle Goldberg, Salon.com

Suicide, sex and the guru by Dominic Kennedy
The Times (UK)

Witnesses

Public Petition for Official Investigations of Sathya Sai Baba and His Worldwide Organization

Sai Baba

Sai Baba is Satyanarayana Raju, an Indian guru  who goes by the name of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and who says he was born in 1926. (Critics claim the birth date was fabricated to make it appear as if Sai Baba's birth fulfilled a prophecy of Sri Aurobindo. They say school records prove that Sai Baba was actually born in 1929.) Sai Baba and his followers believe he is divine. He claims to have paranormal powers and to be able to work miracles. Two of his favorite "miracles" are to make ashes materialize for poor people and to make jewelry materialize for rich people.

The film "Guru Busters" (Equinox) demonstrated that these alleged miracles are little more than a magician's parlor tricks. One classic line from that film came from an Indian physicist who had been given a ring allegedly materialized by Sai Baba. The physicist said that he had a doctorate from Harvard and could not possibly be fooled by a magician. How many times have we heard brilliant, though deluded, people issue a similar declaration? The film depicts a group called the Science and Rationalists' Association of India [SRAI] as they travel throughout India debunking and exposing as frauds local fakirs, godmen and godwomen. The SRAI debunkers are to India what James Randi is to America and Canada. They utilize scientific and rational principles to expose the magical art of illusion and standard conman fakery used by Hindu mystics in performing feats of divination, levitation, and other miracles.

See also cult.

further reading

• Sai Baba Caught Faking on Video
• The Website of concerned former devotees of Sathya Sai Baba (charges Sai Baba with many counts of molesting boys)
• Sathya Shree Sai Baba: critical views
• Lies proved by Sathya Sai Baba's School Record
• Indian Skeptic
• Allegations Concerning Sathya Sai Baba (more charges of child molestation)
• http://saiguru.net/ (the charges in several languages)
• Escaping the web of Sathya Sai Baba! by Tony O'Clery
• Who is Satya Sai Baba? By Louis Hughes, Ireland
• WORLD-WIDE EXPOSURE OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND SATHYA SAI BABA, THE 'SECRET SWAMI' A documented overview of the history and extent of the alleged sexual abuses by Sathya Sai Baba and examination of questions they raise.
• Sathya Sai Baba Exposé: An Update
• Conny Larsson's Story - The Swami who deceived a whole world
• Rick Ross on Sai Baba

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