Indian guru who claimed to be a divine avatar — producing objects from thin air (materialization) in front of millions of devotees — and who attracted tens of millions of followers worldwide despite also attracting significant accusations of fraud and sexual abuse.
Represents the most contested figure in the discussion of physical miracles — Sai Baba's alleged materializations were witnessed by millions and studied by some researchers who found no evidence of fraud, while skeptics documented clear cases of stage magic — making him the test case for how to evaluate miracle claims in a living context.
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