Tennis & Sathya Sai Baba

Tennis was not quite blessed in the land of the Sathya Sai Baba. The India-Philippines tennis test series at Puttaparthi — the home of the Sri Sathya Sai Baba — could not take place a couple of weeks ago because of bizarre circumstances.

According to sources, the first of the two ties — India won the second 3-0 at the DLTA facility here — did not happen because the Sai Baba could not turn up to inaugurate the tie and bless the players.

“We were ready to start the match, when suddenly, we were told that the matches would not take place,” a player told HT. “It was really frustrating that the matches could not place because Sathya Sai Baba did not turn up to bless us and inaugurate the event,” he added. Read more....................................................Tennis takes a backseat in holy land

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Sai Baba's 'Moon miracle' fails

Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh) : As per one India TV channel report, It was a hoax by god man Satya Sai Baba's followers as thousands of people gathered at the airport here Thursday night after word spread that controversial god man Satya Sai Baba would be 'sighted' on the moon - but returned disappointed when the 'miracle' did not happen.

The 81-year-old Sai Baba was also present at the airport and later returned to his 'Prshanti Nilayam' ashram here in Anantapur district, about 500 km from state capital Hyderabad.

It all started when an official of the Sai Trust announced that the god man would make a 'moon appearance' 6-7 p.m., and asked devotees to proceed towards the airport.
Thousands of the Baba's devotees from neighboring villages rushed to the airport but were disappointed as a cloud cover hid the moon. They waited for an hour before dispersing.

Police had a tough time in clearing the traffic on the airport road to enable the Baba to return to his abode amid tight security. There was no word from Sai Trust as to why the 'miracle' failed to materialize.

His devotees believed that the clouds played spoilsport while rationalists termed it an attempt by Sai Trust to revive the Baba's waning popularity.

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