International Yoga Day 2021: Meet some of the biggest Yoga Gurus from India

People are beginning to understand the importance of yoga better during the Corona crisis. In this crisis of the Corona epidemic, doctors themselves advised people to do yoga. This is the reason why the whole world today considers India as a 'yoga guru'.

However, did you know that some eminent yoga gurus have made great contributions to enrich the yoga tradition? Today people from home and abroad come to India to learn yoga. In fact, it is the fruit of the hard work of the same yoga gurus who have spent their entire lives in the name of yoga.

Dhirendra Brahmachari: Dhirendra Brahmachari is known as Indira Gandhi's yoga teacher. He started promoting yoga through a television channel. He also started doing yoga in Delhi schools and yoga ashrams.

B K S Iyengar - He is one of the earliest students of T Krishnamacharya. He is the man behind popularising yoga abroad. Since childhood, he battled with number of diseases which left him week and feeble. Then he resorted to Yoga. He redefined Patanjali’s yoga sutras and finally gifted the ‘Iyengar Yoga’ to the world. He left the world at an age of 95, but even at that age he was able to perform sirsaasana for half an hour.

K Pattabhi Jois - His type of Yoga is known as Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga or simply Ashtanga Yoga. It is based on an ancient text called Yoga Korunta. This yoga helped many popular celebrities, including both Bollywood and Hollywood, to achieve their perfect shape. For example, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kareena Kapoor.

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya - He is known as the ‘Father of Modern Yoga’. He is popularly known for being the architect of vinyasa and he’s also the mind behind the revival of ‘Hatha Yoga’. He has both the knowledge of Ayurveda and Yoga, and has mixed them proportionately to restore health. He is said to have control over his heartbeat and is believed to have mastered the art of holding his beat as well!

Paramahansa Yogananda- He introduced the technique of Kriya Yoga in the West. His form of Yoga emphasises on uniting with the infinite through a certain action known as Kriya.

Swami Sivananda - He is a doctor by profession as well as a saint. He was popularly known for his humour. He wrote a song describing the 18 characteristics that a Yogi must have and among them, he placed humour at the top! He taught Yoga of Trinity which is an amalgamation of Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga and Master Yoga.

Maharshi Mahesh Yogi: Maharshi Mahesh Yogi was a renowned Guru of 'Transcendental Meditation' in the country and the world. Many celebrities consider him their mentor. They are known worldwide for their yoga. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a disciple of Maharshi Mahesh Yogi.

Meanwhile, all the major yoga experts in the country are defining the art of staying healthy through yoga in their own way. But in the present age, even great doctors and scientists are realizing its importance. This is why the whole world is celebrating the seventh yoga day today.