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Wed, 14. Jun 2006 14:36

Sai Baba Ashram - a NAZI camp?

Daniel Just to make things clear:
The following text depicts my personal experiance when visiting the ashram. If you had a different experiance, I don't care. This is my blog, and my opinion. So if you are a fan or devotee of Sai Baba, don't write to me.
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From Bangalore I went to Puttaparthy, where the main ashram of Sai Baba is located. When I arrived there, they told me that single men have to stay in the dormitories (Schlafsaele), and I really didn't feel like sharing the same room with religious freaks. When walking out of the Ashram to look for a hotel, I noticed the strict seperation of men and women. They had different lines for men and women to que almost everywere. Everything was seperated between the sexes, and even the shopping center (inside the ashram) opened half-day for men, and half-day for women.

When I wanted to sit down under a tree (a regular tree somewere beside the road) they told me I couldn't sit under this type of tree. They told me I must not put my bag on this table, and when I left they told me to wear long trousers the next time I come back. Well, I didn't.
I didn't come back.

I left that Village the same day, and when thinking back on the bus to Hyderabad, the whole experiance reminded me a lot of what I heard about NAZI youth camps, and not too much about a religious community.


Sai Baba gift shop

His working hours?