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The demise of Satya Sai Baba may have plunged nation into grief, but faithful should take heart from Baba's statement in which he said that he would be reborn soon as 'Prema Sai'.
He had announced that he would be reborn as Prema Sai Baba in the state of Karnataka. He stated, "I am Siva-Sakthi, born in the gothra (lineage) of Bharadwaja, according to a boon won by that sage from Siva and Sakthi. Siva was born in the gothra of that sage as Sai Baba of Shirdi; Siva and Sakthi have incarnated as Myself in his gothra now; Sakthi alone will incarnate as the third Sai (Prema Sai Baba) in the same gothra in Mandya district of Karnataka State."Godman Sathya Sai Baba, a cult like figure who attracted millions of followers including the influential across the globe, died on Sunday following a multi-organ failure.Top-ranking politicians including prime ministers,Union ministers, governors, chief ministers, filmstars,sportspersons, industrialists and virtually the 'who's who' of the country rank among the high-profile devotees of the Baba.
86-year-old Baba, whose clout ran far and wide died at 7:40 AM due to cardio-respiratory failure at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences founded by him in this backward Anantapur district town in Andhra Pradesh, the place from where he ran his spiritual empire.
To this Sathya announced calmly and firmly "I am Sai Baba," a reference to Sai Baba of Shirdi. He proclaimed himself to be a reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi—a saint who became famous in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Maharashtra, and who had died eight years before Sathya was born.
