Iyengar Guruji took the Yoga to the world – Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi

On Dec 15, 2018

International conference on Yoga held in the city to celebrate the birth centenary of B K S Iyengar

Pune: NP NEWS 24 ONLINE – Pioneering effort of taking Yoga to the world is the biggest contribution of B K S Iyengar to mankind, opined former Union Minister Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi at the concluding session of 10 days long mega event on Yoga that was organized at the Shiv Chhtrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi to mark the birth centenary of Iyengar. More than 1000 plus individuals from over 50 countries of the world participated in this special Yoga event. District Guardian Minister Girish Bapat, Geeta Iyengar, Prashant Iyengar, Hareeth Sridhar and Abhijata Iyengar were also present for this concluding session.

While recollecting some memories about B K S Iyengar Dr. Joshi said, “We were introduced to Guruji while treating some illness of my daughter, who was not benefiting from any kind of medical treatment. I am happy to say that Guruji transformed her life. I also had a chance to introduce Guruji to the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vaypayee, where Guruji had given some tips to fight his knee problem.”

“When we wanted to set up an Iyengar Yoga Institute for the benefit of people after my daughter was very successfully treated by Guruji, we wanted to do so in my home town. However, Guruji insisted to set it up in the national capital. Later, I found that once Jay Prakash Narayan had asked Guruji to set up a Yoga Center at New Delhi and that’s is the reason he wanted to do so. I am happy that this dream Guruji came to reality through me”, he added.

He stated that Iygar Guruji has played a vital role in taking the real Yoga to the world. After a lot of research and trials now it has been proved that Yoga gives verifiable, observable and true results. UN accepted Yoga as a greatest gift of India for the world and that’s how World Yoga Day is celebrated now.

“For youth I can only say that Yoga is not for health. But good health is byproduct of Yoga”, said Dr. Joshi. Chief Minister of the state Devendra Fadnavis gave a message through a video on the occasion.