Sri Sathya Sai Baba is buried in a state funeral . A multitude of devotees and politicians attend the rites in southern India . The spiritual leader died on Sunday at age 85 . Hymns rang through his ashram at his hometown of Puttaparthi in southern India as his body was sprinkled with petals and holy water before a private burial behind a maroon curtain . Hide Caption
Sri Sathya Sai Baba is buried in a state funeral . A multitude of devotees and politicians attend the rites in southern India . The spiritual leader died on Sunday at age 85 . Hide Caption