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 Holy & Divine Body of Sri Sathya Sai Baba lying in State at Sai Kulwant Hall

 
 
 
Hindu priests sit next to the burial place of Indian religious leader Sathya Sai Baba inside the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Thousands of tearful devotees, including top politicians, gathered Wednesday for the funeral of Baba, one of India's best-known Hindu ascetics who was revered as a divine incarnation with miraculous healing powers.

Priests sit next to the burial place - Samadhi of Sathya Sai Baba inside the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti,

 
 
 
Volunteers bring down the curtains around the area before the burial of the body of Indian religious leader Sathya Sai Baba at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Thousands of tearful devotees, including top politicians, gathered Wednesday for the funeral of Baba, one of India's best-known Hindu ascetics who was revered as a divine incarnation with miraculous healing powers.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Samadhi Place - Prasanthi Nilayam - Kulwant Hall

 
 
The nephew of Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba R. J. Rathnakar (3R) is guided by Hindu priests as he performs the last rites over the Hindu Guru's body inside Prashanthi Nilayam in the village of Puttaparthi, some 200kms north of Bangalore on April 27, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered for the funeral of Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's most influential spiritual leaders who enjoyed a global following. While cremation is the most common practice at Hindu funerals, Sai Baba was buried in the custom accorded to Hindu holy men. The charismatic guru, who died on April 24, of multiple organ failure aged 85, was interred under the podium where he gave many teachings in the main hall of his ashram in the southern town of Puttaparthi.

R J Ratnakar, Swami's nephew and trustee of Sri Sathya Sai Baba Central Trust, performing the last rites of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. - 27-04-2011

 
 
The nephew of Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba R. J. Rathnakar (4R) is guided by Hindu priests as he performs the last rites over the Hindu Guru's body inside Prashanthi Nilayam in the village of Puttaparthi, some 200kms north of Bangalore on April 27, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered for the funeral of Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's most influential spiritual leaders who enjoyed a global following. While cremation is the most common practice at Hindu funerals, Sai Baba was buried in the custom accorded to Hindu holy men. The charismatic guru, who died on April 24, of multiple organ failure aged 85, was interred under the podium where he gave many teachings in the main hall of his ashram in the southern town of Puttaparthi.

The nephew of Sri Sathya Sai Baba R. J. Rathnakar  is guided by  priests as he performs the last rites over the Bhagawan's body inside Prashanthi Nilayam

 
 
 

Followers carry the body of spiritual guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba during his funeral inside an ashram at Puttaparti in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh April 27, 2011. Sai Baba, revered by millions of followers as a living god, died on Sunday in a hospital in southern India. He was 86.
Ashram Devotees carry the body of  Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Police carry India's national flag to be placed on a glass coffin containing the body of spiritual guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba during his funeral at an ashram at Puttaparti in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh April 27, 2011. Indian spiritual guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba was buried on Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of devotees flocked to pay their last respects at his temple in south India to a man revered as a living God.
 

 
 
Devotees and volunteers assemble to pay their tribute to Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, Tuesday, April 26, 2011. The 84-year-old guru's Sunday death triggered an outpouring of grief from followers who included Indian politicians, movie stars, athletes and industrialists. The funeral will take place Wednesday morning.

 
 
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, wearing blue turban, and ruling United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, left, pay tribute near the body of Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing in the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, on the eve of his funeral Tuesday, April 26, 2011. The 84-year-old guru's Sunday death triggered an outpouring of grief from followers who included Indian politicians, movie stars, athletes and industrialists.

 
 
Women devotees assemble to pay their tributes Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, on the eve of his funeral Tuesday, April 26, 2011. The 84-year-old guru's Sunday death triggered an outpouring of grief from followers who included Indian politicians, movie stars, athletes and industrialists.

 
 
Security officials and volunteers try to controll devotees as they try to make their way to pay their last respects to Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba outside Prashanthi Nilayam at Puttaparthi village, some 200 kms north of Bangalore, on April 26, 2011. Thousands of grieving devotees filed past the body of Sathya Sai Baba, a charismatic Hindu guru who had millions of followers worldwide. Huge crowds have descended on Sai Baba's ashram in Andhra Pradesh state to bid a final farewell to the spiritual leader who died of multiple organ failure on April 24 aged 85.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (2nd-R) pays his last respects to spiritual guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba at an ashram at Puttaparti in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh April 25, 2011. Sai Baba, revered by millions of followers as a living god, died on Sunday in a hospital in southern India. He was 86. Sai Baba, who was admitted to hospital in his hometown of Puttaparti a month ago, died of multiple organ failure, media said.

Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar

 
 
Devotees line up to see the body of the Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, Monday, April 25, 2011. Thousands of devotees are thronging to the ashram of Baba a day after his death.

Devotees line up to see the body of  Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparthi, India, Monday, April 25, 2011. Thousands of devotees are thronging to the ashram of Baba a day after his death.
 
 
 
Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, center foreground, places flowers near the body of Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, about 450 kilometers (281 miles) from Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 25, 2011. Thousands of devotees are thronging to the southern Indian headquarters of the revered Hindu guru a day after his death.
Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, places flowers near the body of Sri Sathya Sai Baba Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparthi,  Monday, April 25, 2011. Thousands of devotees are thronging to Prasanthi.
 
 
 
Devotees gather near the body of Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, Monday, April 25, 2011. Thousands of devotees are thronging to the ashram of the revered Hindu guru a day after his death.

Sai Kulwant Hall

 
Devotees gather near the body of Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparti, India, Monday, April 25, 2011. Thousands of devotees are thronging to the ashram of the revered Hindu guru a day after his death.

Devotees gather near the body of Sri Sathya Sai Baba during a public viewing at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparthi,

 

 

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