YOG GURU RAMDEV BABA

 

 

Ramakrishna Yadav (born 1965), also known as Baba Ramdev, Baba is an Indian yoga guru and practitioner, who contributed in the field of Yogasana and Pranayama Yoga. Ramdev himself organizes yoga-camps from place to place, in which people of all sects often come. Baba is mainly known for Yoga and Ayurveda in India. Ramdev has been organizing and conducting large yoga camps since 2002, telecasting his yoga classes on various TV channels. He co-founded Patanjali Ayurved Limited with his associate Balkrishna. In 2010, he announced the formation of a political party for the 2014 general election. However, he has recently become a vocal advocate of the BJP.

Early life

Ramdev was born in 1965 in a Hindu family to Ramniwas Yadav and Gulabo Devi in ​​Syed Pur village of Mahendragarh district of Haryana; Both his parents were farmers. Ramdev comes from the tradition of Arya Samaj, after completing his studies from the government school of nearby village Shahzadpur till the eighth standard, Ramakrishna took education of Veda Sanskrit and Yoga from Acharya Pradyumna and Yogacharya Baldev ji in a Gurukul in Khanpur village. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev resolved to take sanyas at a young age and Ramakrishna became popular in the new form of Baba Ramdev. Ramdev declared the net worth of his personal assets to be around "Rs 1,100 crore" in 2013. The left side of his face was partially paralyzed for at least a few months after his birth, probably due to a congenital disability or childhood illness. This condition causes Ramdev's left eye to blink and blink involuntarily. At an early age, he was greatly influenced by Satyarth Prakash, a Hindi book written in 1875 by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati. Baba Ramdev ran away from home and started studying Indian scriptures, Yoga and Sanskrit in various Arsh Gurukul schools. He preferred Gurukul schools as they were traditional educational institutions which taught on the basis of Vedic principles. He found Guru Pradyumna, was accepted into his school Arsh Gurukul Khanpur, met his lifelong associate Balakrishna, and became Ramakrishna. Here he and Balkrishna spent three years together, developing their friendship as they studied. Ramakrishna left Gurukul Kalwa to become a student of Acharya Baldevji, the head of the Arya Samaj, who named him Ramdev. He also learned yoga from Guru Karmaveer, who was also an Arya Samaji. At the age of about 25, he adopted sannyas, "took the name of Baba Ramdev and began teaching yoga." He spent the next three years in the Himalayas near Gangotri in search of salvation. While living in Kalwa Arsh Gurukul in Jind district of Haryana, Ramdev gave free yoga training to villagers. He then moved to Haridwar in Uttarakhand, where he practiced self-discipline and meditation, and spent many years studying ancient Indian scriptures at Gurukul Kangri University. In the late 1990s, farming conditions in his native village had deteriorated, due to the region's depleting water table, which prompted Ramdev to move to Haridwar. After this he called his family to Haridwar. Ramdev's family members play various roles in his Ayurveda ventures depending on his abilities. His father oversees activities at Patanjali Ayurved, his brother Rambharat controls the company's finances.

Yoga, Ayurveda and Public Activities

Established Divya Yog Mandir Trust in 1995 in Baba Ramdev. Since 2003, Aastha TV started showing Baba Ramdev's yoga program every morning, after which many supporters joined him. Baba Ramdev played an important role in taking yoga to the masses, since many big personalities including common people also participate in his yoga camps in India and abroad. Baba Ramdev addressed the Muslim community for the first time in Deoband (Uttar Pradesh).He was one of the nine personalities invited by Prime Minister Modi to participate in and promote the message of cleanliness when the Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on 2 October 2014. In May 2018, Ramdev launched Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards in partnership with BSNL.

Major Works of Swami Ramdev

Swami Ramdev established two service projects named Patanjali Ayurved Limited, a state-of-the-art medicine manufacturing unit, in addition to Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust at Maharishi Dayanand Village Haridwar in 2006. Through these service-projects, Swami Ramdev is promoting Yoga, Pranayama, Spirituality etc. as well as Vedic education and Ayurveda. Baba Ramdev ji's relentless fight against corruption is going on and he is also playing a major role in nation building. Apart from this, Swami Ramdev also participated in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Not only this, he announced the adoption of Haridwar and the pilgrimage city Rishikesh under this campaign.

organizing yoga camps

Baba Ramdev organizes yoga camps from time to time. Through his yoga camps, Baba Ramdev is working to take the importance of Indian culture and yoga to the people in foreign countries as well.

Coronil and Swasari,

Ramdev considers Hindu mythology to be history. There is no scientific backing for his claims about curing diseases caused by cow urine and dung. He also claimed that COVID-19 can be self-diagnosed by controlling breathing and that mustard oil kills the virus. They have been criticized for their belief in statements or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are inconsistent with the scientific method, and are therefore classified as pseudoscience. In June 2020, Patanjali launched Coronil and Swasari, which they claimed provided an Ayurvedic treatment for COVID-19. Hours later, the Union Ministry of AYUSH issued a statement asking Ramdev to stop advertising the drug as a treatment for COVID-19. A day after the launch, a criminal complaint was filed by social activist Tamannaah Hashmi against Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna for misleading a large number of people and endangering their lives. Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh banned the sale of Coronil in Maharashtra, saying the state would not allow the sale of a 'fake drug'. There is called a booster medicine, which can be used for covid-19 management. In May 2021, the National Vice President of the Indian Medical Association, Dr. Navjot Singh Dahiya submitted an application against Swami Ramdev for allegedly creating panic regarding treatment of COVID-19 patients and using defamatory/derogatory language towards doctors.

Awards and recognitions

January 2007 – Honorary Doctorate, by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, in recognition of his efforts to popularise the Vedic system/science of Yoga.July 2007 – Legislature of the US state of New Jersey honored Ramdev for his commitment to improving health in mind, body and spirit and to enhancing the well-being of people from all social backgrounds.July 2007 – Some members of the British House Of Commons hosted a reception for him.September 2007 – Felicitated by KL. Chugh, Chairman of ASSOCHAM at the 5th Global Knowledge Millennium Summit.January 2009 – Conferred with the title Mahamahopadhyaya by Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.January 2011 – Honoured with Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati National Eminence Award by Maharashtra Governor K. Shankaranarayanan.July 2012 – Honoured with Tarun Kranti Award at Ahmedabad in National Icon category by Narendra Modi, the current Prime Minister of India. The award is constituted by eminent Digambara Jain monk Tarunsagar.January 2015 – Considered for Padma Vibushan, second highest civilian award but day before 66th Republic day, refrained from taking noting he is an ascetic. April 2015 – Government of Haryana appointed Ramdev as brand ambassador of Yoga and Ayurveda. He was given the status of Cabinet minister for Haryana but he declined.May 2016 American business magazine Fast Company ranked Ramdev 27th in its Most Creative Business People of 2016 list.April 2017 – Magazine India Today Ranked #5th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.