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India’s 10 Most Renowned Yoga Gurus

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India’s 10 Most Renowned Yoga Gurus

Yoga has been an intrinsic part of the Indian ethos for over 5,000 years.The United Nations recognised that Yoga ‘provides a holistic approach to health and well-being’ and that wider the dissemination of information about benefits of practising Yoga would be beneficial for the health of the world population.

India is champing at the bit ahead of International Yoga Day that falls on June 21, scroll down for lists out the ten most famous yoga gurus of the country.

His famous 26 types of postures that are meant to be practiced in a hot environment of 40 degree Celsius are derived from Hatha Yoga and are designed to bring the body back to the brain.

His brand of yoga is popular as Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga or Ashtanga Yoga that is based on the ancient text called Yoga Korunta and which attracted celebrity loyalists like Madonna, Sting and Gwyneth Paltrow.

He pioneered the transcendental meditation technique which had takers like the Beatles.

He is the founder of Isha Foundation that offers yoga programmes around the world.

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