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Sathya Sai Baba will live as Sukshma Baba until age 96?

Madhusudan Naidu claims that Sathya Sai Baba, who left His body at age 85, will remain in a subtle body for eleven extra years, from 2011 to 2022, in order to fulfil Swami's own prophecy that He would live until either 95 or 96 years old.
According to Indian tradition, where the day one is born is considered the first birthday, Swami was 85 years old when He left his body. According to the Western calendar, where a year after birth is considered the first birthday, Swami was 84 at the time of His Mahasamadhi. Either way, this appears to contradict Swami's own prophecy.
However, Sathya Sai Baba calculated His age on the traditional lunar calendar which was used at the time of His birth in 1926 and which has shorter months and years than the solar calendar. It was only in 1957 that all Indian calendars were standardised to correspond to the solar calendar. Yet Swami continued to the use the lunar calendar.

The earliest sources of the Hindu calendar system are texts dating from about 1000 BC.

This divided a solar year of 360 days into 12 lunar months of 27 (according to the Taittiriya Samhita) or 28 (according to the Atharvaved, the fourth Veda).

http://senthilarumugam.tripod.com/id10.html
Swami was in the body for 30,834 days. As there are 27 days in a lunar month and 324 days in a lunar year, Swami was just over 95 lunar years as of the day that He left His body. Since the first birthday is taken to be the day one is born, we can add another year to this result. Thus, Swami lived for just over 96 years according to the lunar calendar. His prophecy was fulfilled and there is no need for Him to assume a subtle body to live until 96 as Madhusudan claims.
In practice, Swami celebrated His birthday by the lunar calendar. For instance, on 29 November 2004, a large ornate cake was taken to the verandah of the Mandir and Dr Sara Pavan reported that, "It's Swami's birthday today. Swami celebrates His birthday by the lunar calendar. The other celebration is just for the convenience of devotees worldwide so the birthday celebration is always on the same day."
For more information about Swami's age, refer to the SSIO website How old was Swami when He left His physical body? http://www.sathyasai.org/swamimahasamadhi/swamiage.html
For information on the lunar calendar:

http://senthilarumugam.tripod.com/id10.html

An article on Swami's age at the time He left His body:

http://www.chakranews.com/sathya-sai-baba%E2%80%99s-physical-death-prediction-comes-true/1247

SUMMARY

1. Swami calculated his age and celebrated His birthdays based on the lunar calendar and was thus 96 lunar years old at the time of His Mahasamadhi. Swami therefore has no need to return in a subtle form.
2. Swami said that He would live to the age of 96 and that when the Lord decides and wills, His Sankalpa (Resolve) cannot be hindered. (SSS 4.49). He said that Avatars leave their body only after fulfilling their missions. (SSS 42.04). He also said that every Avatar goes invariably through the same steps, none of which are coming back in a subtle body. (CWBSSSB, pp. 191-192). There is no record of Rama, Krishna or any of the other Avatars being forced to complete their mission by coming back in a subtle body and using someone as an intermediary.
QUESTIONS

1. Madhusudan Naidu claims that Swami left His body earlier than He wanted and has been forced to come back in a subtle body to complete His mission. If Madhusudan is really in communication with Sathya Sai Baba, why does his claim conflict with Swami's own words?

Did Swami say that He would leave Puttaparthi?

B N Narasimhamurthy claims that Swami is now staying in Muddenahalli in a subtle body:

Bhagavan appeared in His subtle form in my dream and this is what He told me, “Get the hill-top building ready for my stay before I arrive on this Guru Purnima day (15th July, 2011). On Guru Purnima day I will enter there and stay there permanently. I will go from here to different places and come back. But I will stay here permanently”.

http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2011/pnews-jul11.htm
Madhusudan Naidu also claims that Sathya Sai Baba has shifted His residence to Muddenahalli and is now living there in a subtle body. He claims that no one has the right to challenge this claim because:

Bhagawan lived for so many years in Puttaparthi. Nobody questioned why Puttaparthi? Why Bhagawan was not born in Japan? All the people who worked, and were close to Bhagawan, they never questioned what is their punnyam, that they were so close to Bhagawan. It was Swami’s wish, the way He wanted to perform His leelas. But today, why are they questioning what is happening now?

… The difference between the two places is, one is thinking only from the mind, “How can Swami, who was resident of Puttaparthi, leave Puttaparthi and go, and be with somebody else?” But they cannot ask these questions, when they did not ask why Puttaparthi, in the first place.

Madhusudan Naidu, Japan, March 15, 2015
There is a very simple reason why devotees never questioned why Swami chose Puttaparthi. On May 23, 1940, the day Sathya Sai Baba announced Himself, He explained to His father why He chose to be born in Puttaparthi:

Your Venkavadhootha prayed that I take birth in your home and I have come.

Easwaramma - The Chosen Mother, p.11
As early as 1955, Sathya Sai Baba publicly gave His word that He would not leave Puttaparthi:

This Avatar will not select some place other than the place where the Nativity took place for the centre of Its divine sports, miracle powers, and divine instruction. This tree shall not be transplanted; it will grow where it first rose from the earth.

SSS 1.2: February 21, 1955, http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume01/sss01-02.pdf
In 1947, Karunamba Ramamurthy also recounts that Swami told the devotees that Puttaparthi has a divine heritage which He was again drawn to:

Maharshi Valmiki had meditated in Puttaparthi. There were a lot of ant hills in Puttaparthi due to the presence of which it gained the name Puttaparthi. In the place where the mandir stood, there was a forest full of tulasi. Swami revealed that Lord Narayana as a rishi had meditated there. Referring to Himself, He said that the same rishi had reincarnated now.

Sri Sathya Sai Anandadayi, pp.46-47
Swami in fact stated that He Himself did not want to leave Puttaparthi to live in a big mansion:

After I came here, many people from Bangalore and Mysore started visiting this place in their cars. Maharani of Mysore, coffee planter Sakamma, Desaraj Arasu, the maternal uncle of Mysore Maharaja were among those who used to come here. One day they prayed, "It is difficult for us to come here often. Hence, please come and settle in Mysore. We shall build a big mansion for You." I told (them), "I don't want palatial buildings. I want to be here."

SSS 35.17: October 20, 2002, http://www.sathyasai.org/discour/2002/d021020.html
In a talk given on October 20 2015, Madhusudan attempted to claim that Swami only said He would stay in Puttaparthi as long as He was in the body.

Whatever I said people are not able to believe. Easwarama also was very hasty and she came and told me, " Sathya I don’t know how great you are but you are my son. There are a lot of people coming and inviting you to outside places. You should stay here only." I told Easwarama, "As long as this body is there I will not leave Puttaparthi and go."

http://www.bhajanmusic.info/sukshma-baba-information/OCTOBER-2015-MUDDENAHALLI-DISCOURSE-ENGLISH
This claim is completely contradicted by what Sri Sathya Sai Baba actually said. He never said "As long as this body is there I will not leave Puttaparthi and go". According to Sri Sathya Sai Baba, what He actually said was as follows:

That night, mother Easwaramma came to Me with tears in her eyes and said, "Swami, people want to take You here and there for their selfish purposes. If you leave Puttaparthi, I will give up My life. Please promise me that You will remain in Puttaparthi forever." I gave her My word that I would never leave Puttaparthi. It is for this reason that I have constructed many buildings in the ashram for the comfort and convenience of devotees.

SSS 35.18: October 20, 2002, http://www.sathyasai.org/discour/2002/d021020.html
The relevant excerpt from this discourse can also be watched at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ3IleTFdjI

Sri Sathya Sai Baba reiterated this statement about never leaving Puttaparthi very clearly in another discourse in 2003:

Easwaramma and Venkamma entreated that I should not forsake Puttaparthi. I promised them that I would never abandon Puttaparthi…After I had promised Easwaramma, I never abandoned Puttaparthi. The whole world may flock here but I shall not leave Puttaparthi. Generally, the Avatars adhere to their place of birth. If you uproot a plant from here and plant it elsewhere, how long will it survive? A tree should grow where the seed sprouted. In this manner, Sathya Sai Baba has retained his roots in Puttaparthi and has made Puttaparthi a place of pilgrimage.

SSS 36.20: November 23, 2003, http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume36/sss36-20.pdf
This discourse can also be viewed at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r__PAupdPSI

The relevant section is at approximately the 54 minute mark.
It can be clearly seen from this that Sri Sathya Sai Baba's own statements that He would never leave Puttaparthi don't leave room for Madhusudan's embellishment about not leaving while He was in the body. What Madhusudan is claiming here is simply not supported by the facts.

SUMMARY 1. Madhusudan Naidu claims Swami has chosen to break His word to His mother and leave Puttaparthi to settle in Muddenahalli. He does not explain why. 2. Sri Sathya Sai Baba said, "I gave her My word that I would never leave Puttaparthi" (SSS 35.17). He also said "This Avatar will not select some place other than the place where the Nativity took place for the centre of Its divine sports, miracle powers, and divine instruction. (SSS 1.2) 3. Madhusudan Naidu says that no one has the right to question his decision because they didn't ask why Swami chose Puttaparthi in the first place. 4. Sri Sathya Sai Baba explained on the same day He announced he was Sai Baba that He had incarnated in Puttaparthi because sage Venkavadhootha prayed that He be born in the Raju family home. QUESTIONS 1. If Madhusudan Naidu is receiving his information from Sathya Sai Baba, how could he be unaware that Sathya Sai Baba had explained why He chose Puttaparthi? 2. Sri Sathya Sai Baba said that He will not select some place other than the place where the Nativity took place for the centre of Its divine sports, miracle powers, and divine instruction. Why then are B Narasimhamurthy and Madhusudan Naidu claiming that Sri Sathya Sai Baba has left Puttaparthi for Muddenahalli?