The God of Big Things

 

Date: 07-27-02

From: Lonely Planet India 9th edition, August 2001, isbn 1.86450.246.0, page 889:

The God of Big Things

… Everything about Sai Baba is big. There’s his afro hair-do. There are big name devotees including film stars, politicians and other ‘gods’ such as current Indian cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar. There’s the big money (millions of dollars) pumped into the nearby hospital, schools and university. And there’s the big controversy. Serious allegations of sexual misconduct have led some devotees to lose faith. Others, however, regard such controversy as simply another terrestrial test for their avatar.