Famed Indian spiritual guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba was laid to rest Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of followers bid a tearful farewell to the ascetic they revered as a living god. 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. Hindu funerals generally involve cremation, but infants and saintly figures are buried. Sri Sathya Sai Baba died Sunday at age 85 of respiratory failure. A number of luminaries attended the funeral conducted with full state honors.