Whitefield is a town near Bangalore in India. It is known for Sathya Sai Baba's ashram called Brindavan. The small village which was a retirement colony for Anglo-Indians has now become a major hub for the IT industry. The IT Industry has now colonized whitefield. The Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) now boasts of one of the country's first information technology parks - The International Tech Park Limited, ( ITPL). The EPIP zone also contains other IT and R&D giants like the John F. Welcch Technology Centre, Wipro-GE Medical Systems, HCL-Perot, SAP Labs and Dell etc. ...

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Sai Baba of Shirdi or Shirdi Sai Baba (c. September 27, 1838 - October 15, 1918), born under an unknown name, was an Indian guru and fakir, who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim followers as a saint. A walking example of religious and communal harmony, Sai Baba lived in a mosque, was buried in a mandir (Hindu temple), embraced several Hindu and Muslim practices and spoke in a language that dre ...

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• Sai Baba of Shirdi - His life
• Sai Baba of Shirdi - His religion philosophy and practices
• Sai Baba of Shirdi - His legacy
• Sai Baba of Shirdi - Bibliography

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Sanathana Sarathi is a Hindu, Sanskrit expression literally meaning eternal charioteer. It is one of the many titles of Krishna who was the charioteer of Arjuna in the fight of the Pandavas against the Kauravas as described in the Bhagavad Gita. The title has symbolic meaning. The avatar Krishna should always be the charioteer/leader for all men and women according to many Hindus. Santhana Sarathi is also the name of the official monthly magazine of the Sathya Sai Organisation, published by the Sri Sathya S ...

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• Sanathana Sarathi - External link

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Wolf Gregorevich Messing (b. 10 September 1899, Góra Kalwaria, d. 8 November 1974, Moscow) was a psychic stage performer. Born to a Jewish family, Messing fled from Germany to Russia before World War II. Messing is remembered in some circles for the myths surrounding his telepathic and precognitive abilities, which were said to have been verified by prominent figures such as Joseph Stalin, Mohandas Gandhi, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein. In recent years the Messing myth ha ...

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Alice Coltrane (b. 1937) is an American jazz pianist, organist, and harpist. Coltrane was born Alice McLeod on 27 August 1937 in Detroit, Michigan. She studied classical music, and was given piano lessons by Bud Powell. She began playing jazz as a professional in Detroit, with her own trio and as a duo with vibist Terry Pollard. From 1962 to 1963 she played with Terry Gibbs's quartet, when she met John Coltrane, with whose group she played piano from 1965 until his death in 1967, and whom she married in 1966. They had three ...

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• Alice Coltrane - Solo-album discography

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The few followers who debate this matter online have pointed to the small number of first hand non-anonymous testimonies of sexual abuse by Sathya Sai Baba. Consequently, they say, the allegations are not proven and Sathya Sai Baba is, like everybody else, innocent until proven otherwise. Sathya Sai Baba himself has been maligned with such claims for over fifty years yet to date has not given any detailed rebuttal of the allegations. He has said in the Christmas discourse of the year 2000 that people who tell negative stories about him have ...

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Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - False claims of miracles, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Unresolved murders in Baba's private quarters, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Sexual abuse, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Not an avatar of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Other accusations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Myth making, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Political governmental and parliamentary responses, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Debating the allegations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Bibliography

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Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Youth stories. Followers believe that SSB was born on 23 November 1926, as described in the authorized biography by Narayana Kasturi. They believe that the Indian guru Aurobindo was referring to him when he said that the divine had descended on earth on 24 November 1926. [1] Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Practices in the ashrams and the person of Sathya Sai Baba. The popularity and the donations by ...

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Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Important teachings, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Ashrams in India and the person of Sathya Sai Baba, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Youth stories, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Practices in the ashrams and the person of Sathya Sai Baba, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Activities in local Sathya Sai Baba groups, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Celebrations and commemorations, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Bibliography

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Further, the Australian scholar and ex-follower Brian Steel accuses the Sathya Sai Baba organization of editing the discourses to `improve' them, a matter which he asserts to be rather peculiar for the discourses of a person who claims to be truth incarnate and omniscient. Besides, he asserts, that followers are given, at least, the impression, if not explictly told, that the discourses as published in English in the Sathya Sai S ...

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Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - False claims of miracles, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Unresolved murders in Baba's private quarters, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Sexual abuse, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Not an avatar of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Other accusations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Myth making, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Political governmental and parliamentary responses, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Debating the allegations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Bibliography

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Perhaps the most scandalous accusation by western ex-members, first voiced in print by Tal Brooke in 1976, is that Sai Baba is a homosexual paedophile and that he sexually abuses his young male followers and the students from his schools and the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning during private interviews.7,8 Critics say that, though most of the victims of Baba's sexual abuse are over eighteen, the alle ...

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Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - False claims of miracles, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Unresolved murders in Baba's private quarters, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Sexual abuse, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Not an avatar of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Other accusations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Myth making, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Political governmental and parliamentary responses, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Debating the allegations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Bibliography

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Born in Calcutta in 1930, Basava Premanand was a devotee of Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba for several years during which period he donated a major part of his property to a Sai Baba Trust. Around 1975 he turned against the godman and now devotes his life to expose Sathya Sai Baba and paranormal phenomena. Basava Premanand is an amateur magician and uses these skills to give a natural explanation of the alleged miracles of gurus and godmen. ...

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Basava Premanand, Basava Premanand - Basava Premanand and Sathya Sai Baba, Basava Premanand - The Challenge of Basava Premanand, Basava Premanand - Books/Pamphlets authored by B.Premanand, Basava Premanand - In English, Basava Premanand - In Malayalam

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Other critics say that one of the many examples of lies and propaganda is his claim that he was born on 23 November, 1926, for the most part to identify himself as the divine as asserted by Sri Aurobindo. On 24 November, 1926 the Indian guru Aurobindo said that the Divine had descended on earth. Kasturi says that Sathya Sai Baba said that referred to the Baba. Later, school records revealed several different birthdates for the boy, and some critics have deduced Kasturi endorsed by Baba made up the date to suit the ...

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Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - False claims of miracles, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Unresolved murders in Baba's private quarters, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Sexual abuse, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Not an avatar of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Other accusations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Myth making, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Political governmental and parliamentary responses, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Debating the allegations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Bibliography

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The Indian President Abdul Kalam and the former Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visit the ashram and pay respect to Baba. Vajpayee has written a letter when he was still the PM which is published on the internet, also signed by two former Supreme Court Justices, expressing that Sathya Sai Baba is innocent of sexual molestations and that the accusations are concocted and malicious. [1][2] Sceptics are confused as to whether Vajpayee's signed statement is based on government information not made available to the public. But it was m ...

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Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - False claims of miracles, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Unresolved murders in Baba's private quarters, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Sexual abuse, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Not an avatar of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Other accusations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Myth making, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Political, governmental and parliamentary responses, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Debating the allegations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Bibliography

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One of the main targets during his miracle exposure campaign was Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh state, India. Sathya Sai Baba is perhaps the most prominent god-man in India today, and was during Kovoor's time. Sai Baba claims to this day to materialize vibuthi or holy ash. Kovoor believed that the Baba performed this through sleight of hand. Many Indians throng to the ashrams of holy men who claim to perform such miracles. To expose Sai Baba and others, Prof. Kovoor would produce holy ash seemingly from nowhere and d ...

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Abraham Kovoor, Abraham Kovoor - Exposing the famous guru Sathya Sai Baba, Abraham Kovoor - His publications and challenge, Abraham Kovoor - Books by and on Prof. Kovoor, Abraham Kovoor - In English, Abraham Kovoor - In Malayalam, Abraham Kovoor - In Hindi, Abraham Kovoor - In Punjabi

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Across the globe local Sathya Sai Baba groups assemble to sing bhajans (devotional songs). Baba says that concentration on the name of God with the help of bhajans will easily lead to concentration on God and to bigger devotion. Bhajans are sung on nearly every meeting. In those bhajans the name of traditional Hindu deities have occasionally been replaced by the names of Sathya Sai Baba. In addition they study Sathya Sai Baba's teachings and the holy books of the various world religions. More obvious to outsiders however is the fact t ...

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Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Important teachings, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Ashrams in India and the person of Sathya Sai Baba, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Youth stories, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Practices in the ashrams and the person of Sathya Sai Baba, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Activities in local Sathya Sai Baba groups, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Celebrations and commemorations, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Bibliography

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One of Sathya Sai Baba's most long-standing critics is the Indian atheist and skeptic Basava Premanand who has published several critical books about him with telling titles such as "Lure of miracles" and "Divine Octopus".1 He has also attempted to bring Sathya Sai Baba to court alleging his violation of the Gold Control Act.2 To date, Premanand has been unable to succeed legally and claims he wa ...

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Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - False claims of miracles, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Unresolved murders in Baba's private quarters, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Sexual abuse, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Not an avatar of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Other accusations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Myth making, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Political governmental and parliamentary responses, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Debating the allegations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Bibliography

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The Indian President Abdul Kalam and the former Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visit the ashram and pay respect to Baba. Vajpayee has written a letter when he was still the PM which is published on the internet, also signed by two former Supreme Court Justices, expressing that Sathya Sai Baba is innocent of sexual molestations and that the accusations are concocted and malicious. [1][2] Sceptics are confused as to whether Vajpayee's signed statement is based on government information not made available to the public. But it was m ...

See also:

Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - False claims of miracles, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Unresolved murders in Baba's private quarters, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Sexual abuse, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Not an avatar of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Other accusations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Myth making, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Political governmental and parliamentary responses, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Debating the allegations, Allegations against Sathya Sai Baba - Bibliography

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Sathya Sai Baba (SSB) preaches love and the unity of all religions. He says that all religions lead to God and that followers should continue to follow their original religions. He says that those who follow his teachings will find themselves exampling their own original faith more fully, i.e. that will make Christians become better Christians and Hindus better Hindus, et cetera. He preaches a foundation of five basic human values: Truth (Sathya), Right Conduct ...

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Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Important teachings, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Ashrams in India and the person of Sathya Sai Baba, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Youth stories, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Practices in the ashrams and the person of Sathya Sai Baba, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Activities in local Sathya Sai Baba groups, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Celebrations and commemorations, Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Bibliography

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Ashtottarashata Nama Ratnamala:

(Sathya Sai) Ashtottarashata Nama Ratnamala: A chain of gems being the 108 names of Sathya Sai Baba. (SSS-II)

(See also: Ashtottarashata Nama Ratnamala, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Sathya Sai Nagar:

Sathya Sai Nagar: Suburb of bungalows where Sai devotees live (SSS-II)

(See also: Sathya Sai Nagar, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

After his numerous encounters with god-men, astrologers, and other people who claimed to have psychic powers, he came to the conclusion that there was no objective truth behind such claims. He wrote, "Nobody has and nobody ever had supernatural powers. They exist only in the pages of scriptures and sensation-mongering newspapers." His books Begone Godmen and Gods, Demons and Spirits, about his encounters with ...

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Abraham Kovoor, Abraham Kovoor - Exposing the famous guru Sathya Sai Baba, Abraham Kovoor - His publications and challenge, Abraham Kovoor - Books by and on Prof. Kovoor, Abraham Kovoor - In English, Abraham Kovoor - In Malayalam, Abraham Kovoor - In Hindi, Abraham Kovoor - In Punjabi

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Sathya Sai EHV:

Sathya Sai EHV: Education in human values. It is based on the values of truth, right action, peace, love and nonviolence. It stresses the importance of service to society, tolerance for people of different races, cultures, nationalities and regligions.

(See also: Sathya Sai EHV, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)