Struggle for Sathya Sai Baba's empire intensifies : Cover Story: India Today

Struggle for Sathya Sai Baba's empire intensifies : Cover Story: India Today: "Doddamallur is a village caught in a time warp, a village on which greatness is being forcibly thrust. Sathya Sai baba prophesied that he would be reincarnated as Prema Sai in Doddamallur in Karnataka's Channapatna district (formerly Mandya). On the morning of April 24, as news of Sai Baba's death spread, bereaved devotees began scouring hospitals across Mandya district to check for new births. An infant born approximately two hours before Baba's death to a couple-Jayalakshmi and Kumar-was rumoured to be the next avatar. Crowds started gathering to get a darshan. The news was quickly dismissed by authorities at Puttaparthi, the headquarters of Sai Baba's empire, as bogus. The 'avatar' was abandoned before he or his family could exploit the impending fame."