By Karline McLain
Nearly a century after his demise, a dead ringer for Sai Baba, the serene previous guy with the white beard from Shirdi village in Maharashtra, India, is quickly recognizable to so much South Asians (and many Westerners) as a guru for all faiths�Hindus, Muslims, and others. in the course of his lifetime Sai Baba authorised all fans who got here to him, despite non secular or caste history, and preached a direction of non secular enlightenment and mutual tolerance. nowadays, tens of millions of Indians and foreigners make the pilgrimage to Shirdi every year, and Sai Baba temples have sprung up in not likely areas all over the world, comparable to Munich, Seattle, and Austin.
Tracing his upward thrust from small village guru to worldwide phenomenon, spiritual reviews pupil Karline McLain makes use of quite a lot of resources to enquire different ways in which Sai Baba has been understood in South Asia and past and the explanations at the back of his skyrocketing attractiveness between Hindus specifically. Shining a focus on a very forceful devotional circulate that avoids basic politics and emphasizes cohesion, carrier, and peace, The Afterlife of Sai Baba is an entertaining�and enlightening�look at one among South Asia�s hottest religious gurus.
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