INDIA/FILE: Yoga guru BKS Iyengar, who built a global following that included violin maestro Yehudi Menuhin and novelist Aldous Huxley, dies at 95
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INDIA/FILE: Yoga guru BKS Iyengar, who built a global following that included violin maestro Yehudi Menuhin and novelist Aldous Huxley, dies at 95
- Title: INDIA/FILE: Yoga guru BKS Iyengar, who built a global following that included violin maestro Yehudi Menuhin and novelist Aldous Huxley, dies at 95
- Date: 20th August 2014
- Summary: PUNE, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA (AUGUST 20, 2014) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI - NO ACCESS BBC) WOMEN PAYING RESPECT TO THE YOGA GURU, BKS IYENGAR'S DEAD BODY A MAN SITTING PEOPLE PAYING RESPECT TO IYENGAR'S BODY CLOSE OF IYENGAR'S BODY A MAN TOUCHING IYENGAR'S FEET PEOPLE SITTING VIEW OF PEOPLE SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN AND FOLLOWER OF BKS IYENGAR, MANOJ NAIK, SAYING: "He never used to take medicine, if I used to give him medicine he would say that it doesn't relieve him of pain rather increases it. He would never take it, but on constantly requesting him to do so he would take it at times. And then he would joke at times that he was a guinea pig and I was experimenting on him. He used to do his practice, and by that he learnt the knowledge or the art of healing and he also helped patients." UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI - NO ACCESS BBC) IYENGAR RECEIVING PADMA VIBHUSHAN AWARD, THE SECOND HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD IN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA, FROM THE PRESIDENT, PRANAB MUKHERJEE VARIOUS OF IYENGAR RECEIVING AN AWARD FROM MUKHERJEE VARIOUS OF IYENGAR TEACHING YOGA
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- Location: India
- Country: India
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- Story Text: Yoga guru BKS Iyengar, who built a global following that included violin maestro Yehudi Menuhin and novelist Aldous Huxley, died on Wednesday (August 20), his website said. He was 95.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar took up yoga at the age of 16 and was named as one of the world's most influential living people by Time magazine in 2004.
In 1952, the violinist Menuhin introduced Iyengar to the Western world and connected him to several other celebrities.
The guru's style of yoga often involves using props such as wooden gadgets and belts to achieve correct posture.
Consultant Physician and follower of BKS Iyengar, Manoj Naik, said that Iyengar generally avoided any medication.
He never used to take medicine, if I used to give him medicine he would say that it doesn't relieve him of pain rather increases it. He would never take it, but on constantly requesting him to do so he would take it at times. And then he would joke at times that he was a guinea pig and I was experimenting on him," he said.
Iyengar had been suffering from heart problems, Indian media reported. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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