This spiritual guru has done many good work and done many thing for common people. From the year 2005 Sathya Sai Baba used wheelchair after accident and also due to age, he was also suffering from health related problems that forced him to make fewer public appearances. In 2006 he suffered a fractured hip when a student standing on an iron stool slipped and both the boy and stool fell on Sathya Sai Baba. After that, he gave darshan from a car or his porte chair.
Sathya Sai Baba was admitted to a hospital at Prashantigram at Puttaparthi on 28 March 2011 as had complain of respiratory related problems. Fighting for nearly 1 month finally he passed away, during his stay in hospital his condition slowly went from bad to worst, he died on 24 April at 7:40 IST. His funeral is scheduled to be held on 27 April 2011. Many of his devotees, came to hospital to have ;ast glimse of him and did cause law and order concerns. More police were expected to be deployed for his funeral.
His body is to lie in state for two days. Karnataka declared 25 and 26 April as days of mourning and Andhra Pradesh declared 25, 26 and 27 April as days of mourning. The government of Karnataka is also organising chartered buses to Puttaparthi - it will really help all devotees to visit him for last salutation.Many of his devotees also payed tribute at a temple.
Political reactions were swift with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani offering their condolences. Lalu Prasad Yadav and southern politicians such as the Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, former chief minister J. Jayalalitha and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy also offered their condolences.
Others from different fields such as cricket and entertainment reacted to his death - Sachin Tendulkar,who canceled his birthday celebrations, although he did play an IPL cricket match in Hyderabad on the day though he refrained from referring to Baba's death. Amitabh Bachan to Mukesh Bhatt to Ricky Martin showered flowers on his work and duties he perform for the common people.
