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| Sathya Sai Baba |
Hundreds of devotees of spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba started special prayers in city, swinging between hope and despair, believing that the seer will come alive again. While several devotees thought that there would be a miracle and Baba will come alive again, many others said he was still alive.
"Sai Baba will show another miracle by speaking to us again," said Subhranshu Mohanty, a devotee, who had recently visited the spiritual leader.
After the news of his death came in, the devotees started chanting Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra (invocation to conquer death) at the Sathya Sai temple in Kharavelanagar. The mantra will be chanted for 72 hours and after that Baba will come alive, the devotees said.
"Baba will return. He will come back to his mortal body," said Madhusudan Barik, a devotee from Puri district who was in city.
"Sai Baba will talk to us again. He can't die," said Paresh Mishra, a devotee from Dhenkanal, who had come to the city temple after hearing the news of his death. "Doctors are nobody to pronounce the death of God. We are nobody to comment on death of God. It is his wish. He knows the best and does the best," he added.
Some devotees believe the spiritual leader took impending death of a devotee onto himself to save the devotee. "He probably heard the prayer of a beloved devotee and took his death onto him," said Chitrangada Das.
"Sai Baba will show another miracle by speaking to us again," said Subhranshu Mohanty, a devotee, who had recently visited the spiritual leader.
After the news of his death came in, the devotees started chanting Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra (invocation to conquer death) at the Sathya Sai temple in Kharavelanagar. The mantra will be chanted for 72 hours and after that Baba will come alive, the devotees said.
"Baba will return. He will come back to his mortal body," said Madhusudan Barik, a devotee from Puri district who was in city.
"Sai Baba will talk to us again. He can't die," said Paresh Mishra, a devotee from Dhenkanal, who had come to the city temple after hearing the news of his death. "Doctors are nobody to pronounce the death of God. We are nobody to comment on death of God. It is his wish. He knows the best and does the best," he added.
Some devotees believe the spiritual leader took impending death of a devotee onto himself to save the devotee. "He probably heard the prayer of a beloved devotee and took his death onto him," said Chitrangada Das.
