Baba will return, say devotees

Hundreds of Sathya Sai Baba devotees gathered at Sai Sankalp Hall at Omkar Nagar on Sunday to condole the death of their spiritual leader. A few others even left for Puttaparthi to have his last darshan. Baba, who died at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh this morning, will be cremated on Tuesday. Devotees here held special bhajans and prayers, and a 'Narayan Seva' by distributing fruits and food packets to the poor in morning. "Bhajans and Narayan Seva will be conducted over the next few days too," said BS Choudhari, president of the local Sathya Sai Seva Sanghatan. One of the devotees, Abhay Bhakre said that he had huge belief in Baba. "It is as if a member of our family has passed away,'' he said. Another devotee said that he was confident that Baba would take rebirth and return to serve the society, and take care of his followers.