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The Secret Swami is now on the Google Search Engine Results

From: Glen Meloy glenmeloy@earthlink.net

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:47:04 -0700

Subject: "The Secret Swami" is now on the Google. Search Engine Results

Dear Concerned Friends,

Here are the latest search results on Google using the key words "The Secret Swami"

Please post and distribute to all media..

Jai Expose'

Glen
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... The cover-up has existed since 1976 and will soon be shown to the entire world
in the 1 HR. BBC documentary , THE SECRET SWAMI on June 17, 2004 . ...
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The Secret Swami

Thu 17 Jun, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm 60mins

Sai Baba is India's biggest guru. To his millions of followers around the world he is also God on Earth. But many devotees who sought his spiritual enlightenment got more than they bargained for.

In a story involving magic, murder and allegations of abuse, This World explores and explodes the myths surrounding the secret Swami.

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Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_world/default.stm

Thursday 17 June

9:00 pm

The Secret Swami

This World investigates India's biggest guru, Sai Baba. To his millions of followers worldwide he is God on Earth, but his story includes magic, murder and allegations of abuse.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_world/3791921.stm

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The Secret Swami broadcast in the UK on Thursday, 17 June, 2004 at 2100 BST on BBC Two.

The Secret Swami

The Secret Swami: 2100 BST, BBC Two Thursday, 17 June, 2004 in the UK

Sri Satya Sai Baba, (right) blesses former Indian prime minister Vajpayee (left) in April 2004

Sai Baba blesses former prime minister Vajpayee in April 2004

It has been estimated that Sai Baba, India's biggest spiritual leader, has up to 30 million devotees around the world.

But increasing numbers of former followers are alleging he has sexually abused them or their families. This World investigates.

Swamis, otherwise known as yogis or gurus, are the holy men of India, and part of ancient tradition.

Sri Satya Sai Baba, 78, is based in Puttaparthi, near Bangalore in southern India. His distinctive 1960s orange robes and Afro hairstyle make him instantly recognisable.

As the country's biggest "God-man" - a human being who declares himself divine - he professes to be the reincarnation of a Hindu God-man from the 19th Century.

Sai Baba not only commands huge regular audiences at the local ashram (religious retreat) - where he performs countless "miracles" - he also boasts followers from more than 165 countries world-wide.

But as the This World team discovers as they travel from India to California, there are a number of former devotees who have turned away from his teachings, claiming he has ruined their lives.

Alaya, a former follower who claims he was sexually abused by the swami, says in the programme: "I remember him saying, if you don't do what I say, your life will be filled with pain and suffering."

In an intimate and powerful portrait, Alaya's family talks openly about how they feel they were betrayed.

Back in India, there are serious questions to be asked of politicians, who seem to have continuously ignored the problem. Indeed, some would say, the correct position for these politicians appears to be at the feet of Sai Baba.

He certainly has friends in high places, and throughout the scandal, his popularity has remained intact.

Has this "God-man" been wrongly accused or does his status mean he is immune to criticism?

The Secret Swami will be broadcast in the UK on Thursday, 17 June, 2004 at 2100 BST on BBC Two.

Reporter: Tanya Datta
Producer/Director: Eamon Hardy
Editor: Karen O'Connor