Dead Indian Guru in Freezer for Meditation

As per a report:
A dead Indian guru has been in a deep freezer in his ashram for nearly six weeks with followers confident he will return to life to lead them, his spokesman said. Read more here at.......Dead Indian Guru in Freezer for Meditation

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Underworld Don becomes Yoga Guru

Once, his name induced fear. Now, he hopes it will help calm nerves.

D K Rao, once a key aide of gangster Chhota Rajan, says he wants to set-up an institute that teaches yoga. Read More................Underworld don leaves jail, teaches yoga

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'Love Guru' dismissed from service

PATNA: 'Love Guru' Matuknath Chaudhary, who shot into fame after he walked into a classroom with his student-cum-girlfriend to give a lecture on love, has been dismissed from the post of Reader of Patna University. Read More................'Love Guru' dismissed from service in Patna

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Hitler - the Management Guru in India

Sales of Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler's autobiography and apologia for his anti-semitism, are soaring in India where business students regard the dictator as a management guru.

Booksellers told The Daily Telegraph that while it is regarded in most countries as a 'Nazi Bible', in India it is considered a management guide in the mould of Spencer Johnson's "Who Moved My Cheese".

Sales of the book over the last six months topped 10,000 in New Delhi alone, according to leading stores, who said it appeared to be becoming more popular with every year. Read More................Indian business students snap up copies of Mein Kampf

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92 Kgs Golden throne for Shirdi Sai Baba

As per Indian TV news Channels a devotee of Shirdi Sai Baba has gifted a throne made of 92 kg gold to Sai Baba after the godly saint of Shirdi came into his dream. Apoorva Narayan Reddy is a businessman from Hyderabad who has offered a throne which cost him a whopping Rs 9.5 crore(US$ 2.4 Million).

As per Narayan Reddy, Sai Baba came into his dream in gold form around seven months ago. This inspired him to offer a gold throne at his feet. Throne is made by a company in Bangalore & the throne weighs around 100 kg. More than 92 kg gold was employed in its making.The gold throne reached Shirdi from Bangalore. Sai Baba's place Shirdi is a very sacred and important place of pilgrimage in India.

Sai Baba of Shirdi also known as "Shirdi Sai Baba", was an Indian guru, yogi and fakir who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim followers as a great saint. Some of his Hindu devotees believe that he was an incarnation of God Shiva.

Sai Baba's millions of disciples, followers and devotees believe that he had performed many miracles. Some of them were: bilocation, curing the incurably sick, helping his devotees in need in a miraculous way, reading the minds of others. Numerous inhabitants of Shirdi talked about these miracles.

The Shirdi Saibaba Temple, located at Shirdi, Maharashtra, India attracts millions of devotees of all religions, castes and creed who come to pay homage to Shri Sai Baba. The temple is a beautiful shrine that was built over the Samadhi of Shri Sai Baba.

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Ex-dacoit becomes Spiritual Guru

Bad Karmas of a human being make that person a bad man while Good Karmas make him a Good man. Something similar is the story of "Dilip Nayak" who was a dreaded dacoit of south Orissa a decade ago but due to Good works being done by him now has made him a saint, philosopher, yoga guru, spiritual Guru, or by ,whatever, similar names you want to call him. He is at present teaching fellow prisoners `asanas' and `pranayam' techniques to cure ailments inside the Berhampur circle jail.

Dilip in his thirties is serving life imprisonment. It is the same jail from which he made a daredevil escape in 1996 to be nabbed and put inside the same prison again. Fellow prisoners still respect his clout. But he has no more the arrogance of a dreaded criminal. He continues to speak on `karma theory', `vedantic' principles, yogic asanas, pranayam, effect of meditation on mind and attitude.

He is said to be one of the most voracious readers at the jail and his books of preference are related to Upanishads and Vedanta. He has started writing his own understanding of these philosophies in Oriya. Read more.......Ex-dacoit turns `vedantin'

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