Sathya Sai Baba
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Early life - Sathya Narayana Raju was born to Meesaraganda Easwaramma and Peddavenkama Raju Ratnakaram in the village of Puttaparthi, to a Bhatraju family, a community of religious musicians and balladeers, in what was the Madras Presidency of British India.
His birth was alleged by his mother Easwaramma to be of a miraculous conception.
Sathya Sai Baba's siblings included elder brother Ratnakaram Seshama Raju (1911–1985), sisters Venkamma (1918–1993) and Parvathamma (1920–1998), and younger brother Janakiramaiah (1931–2003).
As a child, he was described as "unusually intelligent" and charitable, though not necessarily academically inclined, as his interests were of a more spiritual nature.
He was uncommonly talented in devotional music, dance and drama.
From a young age, he has been alleged to have been capable of materialising objects such as food and sweets out of thin air.

Proclamation - At the age of fourteen he claimed that he was the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba - a saint who became famous in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Maharashtra and had died eight years before Sathya was born - and encouraged his followers to believe the same.

Materialisations - Sathya Sai Baba's materialisations of vibhuti (holy ash) and other small objects such as rings, necklaces, and watches, along with reports of miraculous healings, resurrections, clairvoyance, bi-location, and alleged omnipotence and omniscience, were a source of controversy for the agnostics and non believers.
Some have analyzed them as being mere sleights of hand, while his followers have considered them as signs of his divinity.

Healings - Reports of faith healings have been attributed to Sathya Sai Baba by his followers.
He claimed to have raised two people from the dead and cured people of diseases and disabilities.

Sathya Sai Organisation - The Sathya Sai Organisation, founded by Sathya Sai Baba "to enable its members to undertake service activities as a means to spiritual advancement", has over 1,200 Sathya Sai Centres (branches) in 126 countries.
Through this organisation, Sathya Sai Baba established a network of free super speciality and general hospitals, clinics, drinking water projects, a university, auditoriums, ashrams and schools.

Recognition - On 23 November 1999, the Department of Posts, Government of India, released a postage stamp and a postal cover in recognition of the service rendered by Sai Baba in addressing the problem of providing safe drinking water to the rural masses.
Another commemorative stamp was released on the occasion of what would have been his 88th birthday during November 2013.
In January 2007, an event was held in Chennai Nehru Stadium organised by the Chennai Citizens' Conclave to thank Sai Baba for the 2 billion water project, which brought water from the River Krishna in Andhra Pradesh to Chennai city.
Four chief ministers attended the function.

Critisism and controversy - Accusations against Sai Baba by his critics over the years have included sleight of hand, sexual abuse, money laundering, fraud in the performance of service projects, and murder.
Sathya Sai Baba and his followers rejected any allegations of misconduct as smear campaigns.

Ilness and death - In 2003, Sai Baba suffered a fractured hip when a student standing on an iron stool slipped and the boy and stool both fell on him.
After that he gave darshana from a car or his porte chair.
After 2004, Sai Baba used a wheelchair and began to make fewer public appearances.
On 28 March 2011, Sai Baba was admitted to the Sri Sathya Sai Super Speciality Hospital at Prashantigram at Puttaparthi, following respiration-related problems.
After nearly a month of hospitalisation, during which his condition progressively deteriorated, Sai Baba died on Sunday, 24 April, aged 84.
An estimated 500,000 people attended the burial, including political leaders and prominent figures, like Dalai Lama.

Trivia - On 29 June 1968, Sai Baba made his only overseas trip, to Kenya and Uganda.
Sai Baba had predicted that he would die at age 96 and would remain healthy until then, but he suffered from different conditions and died at age 84.

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