The approach of Satya Sai Trust in dealing with Baba’s health and even the happenings post death are turning suspicious. Primarily devotees and those served by Baba are doubtful as how fair the same trust would monitor the charity activities initiated by Godman. On other side the posture of Sai Baba’s dead body is also becoming a cause of worry for religious intellectuals all around the country.
As per standard Hindu Vaidika Dharma sutra based on holy book ‘Dharma Sindhu,’ dead bodies of common people should be kept in Shayana Sthithi (Sleeping Posture) during burial while for Yatis (Humans in Godly form), their dead bodies should be kept in Maha Samadhi in Padmasans Sthithi (Sitting Posture). Unfortunately Trustees haven’t spoke to any of the seniors in Hindu Religion before making arrangements for Maha Samadhi.
As Baba’s dead body was kept in sleeping posture from last two and half days, it is impossible now to bring him to sitting posture because dead bodies develop rigidity which can’t be overcome. Visakhapatnam’s Sharada Peetadhipathi Swaroopanandendra and other Hindu religious heads are expressing their worries on Trust’s hasty decisions in dealing with Baba's body forecasting an ‘Arishtam’ (Unfavourable symptom) to entire state.