Sri Sathya Sai Baba passes away, to be buried on Wednesday

After battling with prolonged illness, 85-year-old spiritual guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba passed away on Sunday in this town in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district, sending millions of his followers across the world into mourning.

Sai Baba died of cardiac and respiratory failure, a health bulletin issued by the hospital said. His condition had deteriorated further early this morning and his organs too had stopped responding to treatment, doctors said.

“Sathya Sai Baba is no more with us physically. He left his body at 7.40 am due to cardiac and respiratory failure,” said the statement issued by the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences where Sai Baba was undergoing treatment. courtesy- Zee News