Sathya Sai Baba Hall of Shame

[Lije]

Satya Sai Baba is a well known fraud. Despite the fact that his cheap tricks have been exposed on TV, some public figures like to grace this man and give him an aura of legitimacy. Now, who somebody wants to worship or be it is their private business. But these people are elected directly or indirectly by the public and have the responsibility of setting an example for a progressive India, but instead have reneged on it. As such, these people need to be ridiculed and hence this hall of shame.

Please post any pictures/news items of public figures hobnobbing with Satya Sai Baba here.

Manmohan Singh:



Source: http://www.zeenews.com/imagegallery1614.htm

Pratibha Patil:



Source: http://sify.com/news/President-at-Sai-Ba...VSV=newgal

K. Rosaiah:



Source: http://sai-fi.net/satyababa/?p=6510

B.S. Yeddyurappa:

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/1148...delhi.html

(Thanks to Sid, Arvind and donatello for the links)

[Ajita Kamal]

Nice thread, Lije. Here are a few more:

Former President Shanker Dayal Sharma


Source: http://robertpriddy.files.wordpress.com/...aibaba.jpg

Former President Abdul Kalam


Source: http://www.rationalistinternational.net/...01_1_2.jpg

Dr. G. Venkataraman (left), Physicist, former BARC scientist, member of Indian Academy of Sciences.

Source: http://barrypittard.files.wordpress.com/...varthi.jpg

[Nullius In Verba Skeptic]

The owner of the Hard Rock cafe chains - Isaac Tigrett.
http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/gregelk/201...afe-sucks/

[arvindiyer]

Shashi Tharoor:
http://www.rationalistinternational.net/...6/156.html

Sachin Tendulkar:
http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/09/stories/...660400.htm

[Azad]

Mohanlal (South Indian Actor)

   

Sunil Bharti Mittal (Aitel)

   

[Sajit]

Sunil Gavaskar
   


http://vishvarupa.com/om-sathya-sai-baba...australia/


“After I started applying Vibhuti, there was marked improvement and on the eve of the Test Match, I requested the team management not to rule me out but to have a fitness test on the morning of the Test Match. From barely being able to put weight on my leg, I was able to walk comfortably in just two days. But there was a stiff soreness that was worrying.

On the morning of the match, I applied Vibhuti to the leg and went to the ground. That was going to be my first attempt to try and run after a gap of eight days.

Even as I stepped on to the ground to give my fitness trial, I realised that the stiffness was almost gone. At the Queensland Cricket Ground in those days, you had to descend a few steps to the ground and it was these few steps which were painful previously, and I had to walk down gingerly. But on this day, I felt confident enough getting down these steps normally.

I took a light jog around the ground and with every stride I could feel the soreness going away. Though I did not do anything silly as a quick dash or sprint, I felt confident enough to play in the Test and so informed the management who accepted it and included me in the playing eleven. It was unbelievable.”


Irrationality and brain biases at its best.

[Sajit]

Ratan Tata
   

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/11/24/celeb...b-day.html

[Sajit]

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fighti...ay/714704/

Its like a powerful club.

[natselrox]

[Naveen_Reloaded]

This simply increases the popularity of that fraud