When I spoke to some of the devotees they said they were there because Sathya Sai Baba had helped them in one way or the other. Others willingly swept the floors or washed dishes. Bhagvantam, a former scientific adviser to the defence minister, serving food to visitors. There were many people, rich and famous including S. I was provided with a sleeping mat in one of the huts adjoining the auditorium. By then, Sathya Sai Baba's fame had spread far and wide and over a lakh of people from all parts of India and abroad had flocked to the Nilayam.Įveryone was helpful.
Prasanthi Nilayam, or the Abode of Peace where people had assembled to greet him, had then only a modest auditorium that could house a thousand. I was a bit put off by such extreme faith. I took a bus from Bangalore to Puttaparthi and right through the four-hour journey, devotees sang bhajans composed in his praise. I had been sent by the fortnightly news magazine New Delhi (now defunct) to cover his birthday celebrations. I am not a body.” Pointing to his handkerchief, he added: “ It (my body) is like my handkerchief. He replied: "Life and death are only for a body. Thirty years ago, in a rare interview to me on his 55th birthday on November 23, 1980, I had asked him about what would happen to him after he died. When he was alive, Sri Sathya Sai Baba, whose mortal remains were buried at Puttaparthi on Wednesday morning, was clear that for him death was not the end.
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