Shirdi Sai and Sathya Sai – facts

There are a large number of good reasons to doubt the authenticity of the predictions made by Narayana Shastri from his intuitive reading of the ‘Suka Nadi’ palm leaf manuscripts he claimed to possess (though they have never been made available to the public) . Here I shall go through some of the preposterous claims made, one by one:-

· He will be a great incarnation of the Godhead Vishnu, Shirdi Sai and several other Gods and Goddesses and will have all powers of God.

The validity of his claim that he is a reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba is under deep suspicion for a number of reasons. I has been said that the name of the saint of Shirdi was completely unknown in the region when Sai Baba as a young man claimed he was the reincarnation. This has been proven to be entirely wrong. The name was well known and it as the fame of Shirdi Sai Baba that Sathya Narayana Raju appropriated to himself as best he could. Despite this, most followers of Shirdi Sai Baba reject Sathya as his reincarnation, most notably the official Sansthan, whose web site av oids any positive mention whatever of Sathya Sai Baba.

A message in The Mumbai Mirror from the (Shirdi) Sai Baba Trust was printed:-
“Please do not believe anybody pretending to be a reincarnation of Shri Sai Baba. Shri Sai Baba has no disciple, nor an heir and nobody is seated on his aasan.”

Further, Manoj R Nair wrote in the Mumbai Mirror, (click here) Wednesday, January 11, 2006 “Sigh! Baba – Followers of Sai Baba file case against devotees of Sathya Sai of Puttaparthi to restrain them from calling him a reincarnation of the Shirdi seer”.

· He will be born for protecting and propagating Dharma (righteousness) and he will have a mission to fulfil.

· He will have healing powers and the power to cure himself by sprinkling water. He will use his healing powers not only for the people of this world, but also for the beings of the other worlds and on the higher planes of existence.(Devas, i.e. celestial gods and goddesses). At times He will take on the illness of the others.

There are of course countless spiritual healers of more and less credible kinds. The phenomenon is not well understood and scientific medicine has not succeeded in researching the apparently genuine cases by any means. More on this here ‘Faith healing, self-suggestion and Sai Baba’

More to follow soon!