Lakhs of devotees from home and abroad on Monday poured into this town to have a last glimpse of Sathya Sai Baba whose body has been kept in a hall here even as police tightened security for crowd control.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Puttaparthi on Tuesday to pay his respect to the late Satya Sai Baba.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday condoled the death of Sathya Sai Baba, saying he was a beacon of light and taught the religion of love.

Six special trains and a large number of buses are being run from different parts of Andhra Pradesh and also from the cities of Bengaluru and Chennai to Puttaparthi for the devotees of Sathya Sai Baba.

Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy air-dashed to Puttaparthi following the demise of Satya Sai Baba this morning.

Leader of Opposition N. Chandrababu Na

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said she was greatly pained over the death of Sathya Sai Baba.
"The news of the death of Sai Baba of Puttaparthi has greatly pained me.

Sathya Sai Baba continues to be in a very critical condition on Saturday, doctors attending on him said.

The condition of Sathya Sai Baba is very critical with all his organs showing very poor response to treatment, doctors attending on him said on Thursday.

Sathya Sai Baba, who has been undergoing treatment for multi-organ dysfunction, continues to be in a critical condition, doctors attending on him said on Wednesday.

Sathya Sai Baba, who has been undergoing treatment for multi-organ dysfunction, continues to be critical but stable, doctors attending on him said on Monday.