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Business News/ Photos / Man who took yoga to the world dies at 95

Man who took yoga to the world dies at 95

BKS Iyengar, the world's best known and most widely followed yoga guru, died at the age of 95 in Pune on Wednesday. Teacher to personalities like Sachin Tendulkar, he founded the Iyengar style of yoga

B.K.S. Iyengar receiving the IMC - RBNQ award in Mumbai on 22 April 2012. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, Padma Bhushan in 2002, & the Padma Vibhushan in 2014. In 2004, he was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. HT

1/6B.K.S. Iyengar receiving the IMC - RBNQ award in Mumbai on 22 April 2012. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, Padma Bhushan in 2002, & the Padma Vibhushan in 2014. In 2004, he was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. HT

Iyengar at his yoga center in Pune, with a statue of his young self in the background. Iyengar founded the Iyengar yoga improvising on Patanjali’s hatha yoga by making use of straps, wooden blocks, and other objects as aids to achieve the correct postures. Mint

2/6Iyengar at his yoga center in Pune, with a statue of his young self in the background. Iyengar founded the Iyengar yoga improvising on Patanjali’s hatha yoga by making use of straps, wooden blocks, and other objects as aids to achieve the correct postures. Mint

Iyengar demonstrates a stretching exercise to cricketer Virender Sehwag on 3 September 2003. Famous actors and sportspersons like Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar found health and fitness solution in Iyengar’s methods. AFP

3/6Iyengar demonstrates a stretching exercise to cricketer Virender Sehwag on 3 September 2003. Famous actors and sportspersons like Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar found health and fitness solution in Iyengar’s methods. AFP

Iyengar with members of Centre House community in London and Hatha Yoga teacher Malcolm Strutt (in black). There are Iyengar yoga centres in 72 countries, from Africa and China to North America. WikimediaCommons

4/6Iyengar with members of Centre House community in London and Hatha Yoga teacher Malcolm Strutt (in black). There are Iyengar yoga centres in 72 countries, from Africa and China to North America. WikimediaCommons

With Swami Yogiraj Ramalingam. Iyengar combined and cemented the eight-fold path to enlightenment in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra in the form of yoga that he had devised. WikimediaCommons

5/6With Swami Yogiraj Ramalingam. Iyengar combined and cemented the eight-fold path to enlightenment in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra in the form of yoga that he had devised. WikimediaCommons

Iyengar at the BKS Iyengar Institute in Pune. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

6/6Iyengar at the BKS Iyengar Institute in Pune. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

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