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Mangalore: Baba Ramdev's Yoga Session Draws Huge Crowd - Daily Practice Stressed

  •   Sat, Apr 16 2011 10:03:55 AM

Mangalore: Baba Ramdev's Yoga Session Draws Huge Crowd - Daily Practice Stressed

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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/SB)

Mangalore, Apr 16: Yoga exponent Baba Ramdev’s Yoga session attracted more than 5, 000 Yoga enthusiasts at the Nehru Maidan in city on Saturday April 16. From 5.00 am to 7.30 am Baba Ramdev taught different postures (asanas) and advised the participants that continual practice of these would help keep the mind and body fit.

Yoga enthusiasts started congregating at the venue as early as 4.30 am in order to take prime positions in front of the stage on which Baba Ramdev performed yoga. Alva's Education Foundation chairman Dr Mohan Alva, city advocate P P Hegde and Bunts leader Ajith Kumar Malady were present at the inaugural of the session. Police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh and deputy commissioner Subodh Yadav among others took part in the yoga session too.

Security arrangements were beefed up in the locality as a precautionary step.

Later speaking to media persons Baba Ramdev said that Bharath Swabhiman Yatra is being initiated with the intention of making the country healthier, corruption free and financially stable and credible. He strongly demanded for the Jan Lokpal Bill that is meant to punish the corrupt Government officials.

The promotion of Yoga is also a part of the yatra. But he is also looking into bringing back money worth Rs 300 lac crore which is known to be amassed in foreign banks.

"It is a well-known fact that India ranked topmost in the world in terms of tradition and culture. Health and wealth of the country has now deteriorated with unethical practices, increasing corruption and unhealthy practices on the rise. The yatra is aiming to eradicate the sociopolitical problems of our country, he said.
  

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  • Dr. Cajetan Coelho, Goa, India

    Mon, Apr 18 2011

    Yoga and justice are two sides of the same coin. For our general well being and purity of our social and inter-personal environment, we can safely rely on our precious yoga exercises and practice principles of justice in all our daily dealings. A fit mind in a fit body will raise the fitness and justice levels in our country.

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  • Rajesh Pai, Ujire

    Mon, Apr 18 2011

    If Baba Not sucess by this mass yoga then how come people so much

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Sun, Apr 17 2011

    Do below workers need Yoga. Never.
    1) There is no good exercise than running daily for half an hour.
    2) Swimming will give complete exercise.
    3) Working in the field/Agriculture field will give complete physical exercise. Plucking coconut will have good exercise. (work is also accomplished physique also will be fit & in the evening have any kind of food & everything will digest. No indigestion

    The Yoga/exercise is ok for city life people office workers and for obesity people.

    In the modern world people became lethargic and docile by watching t.v's sitting long hours in the internet.

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  • John Pinto, Chickmagalur/Doha

    Sun, Apr 17 2011

    Jaimini P.B., Manipal,Sharjah
    If you read properly, I am not a critsizer of yoga, in fact I practice yoga since 40 years ,it was the concept at that time due to various difficult body postures it was understood , it would injure our body , But for your information ,if one does not practice with out the help of proper yoga teacher ,there are high chances of injuring bodily . If yoga is practiced properly it is the King of all exercises. I appriciate your love to yoga.

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  • ravindra, mangalore

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    I attended session and it was exhilerating experience and climate was benign thanks to heavy down pour in the night.
    Baba Ramdev is not only a yoga guru, but also nationist to the core. He has medicine to problems facing the individuals and nation.
    IT IS OUR DUTY TO SUPPORT HIM TO ENABLE HIM TO CARRY HIS CRUSADE TO GREATER HIGHT.
    Thanks daiji for good coverage and so many photos.

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  • Jaimini P.B., Manipal,Sharjah

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    Mr.John Pinto...what do you mean by "IN THE INITIAL PERIOD ?" I am very sorry for Mr.John Pinto's knowledge about Yoga.I would like to remind him that MAHARSHIS taught yoga to the world and not Americans.No one in the world has questioned YOGA .

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  • Roshan, Mangalore

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    It is to be noted that people irrespective of caste and religion are accepting yoga as it has a lot of personal benifit.So I feel following pure Indian culture also has a lot of benifit and bring harmony and peace in the society.

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  • Upendra K., Mangalore

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    To my knowledge Pranayama & yoga are more useful. If we do it in the morning we will be more active throughout the day. We can improve our concentration also by doing pranayama. Dhanyavad & Pranam to Shri Baba Ramdevji.

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  • RAJESH, kuwait

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    Baba Ramdev wants to flow river of Yoga in each and every one, whether in a village or city. The confidence which Baba Ramdev exuberates comples people to at least give his Yoga a try, Baba Ramdev reaffirms the broken down by challenging their sickness widely and openly. Millions of people practice Baba Ramdev's Yoga and Pranayam. Baba Ramdev's TV programs broadcase in several counties like America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa. Viewers is quoted as being 20 millions regulart viewers. Followers of Baba Ramdev have claimed relief from a veriety of ailments such as diabetes, Blood Pressure, Hepatitis, spndylitis and Obesity. He is real hero who devote his whole life to help people by giving them unknown knowledge of Yoga and Pranayam

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  • Vasant Raj, Udupi/Abudhabi

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    Nice to see Mangalorean crowd..good response..do yoga..everyday...keep fit..keep smiling.

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  • ALWYN, MANGALORE

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    Yoga, which means "union" or "harmony," is both a philosophical system and a science whose goal is the attainment of self awareness. With its beginnings enshrouded in the prehistory of India, evidence of yoga practices has been found in the Indus Valley civilization of 3,000-4,000 B.C.E. Although ancient, yoga is not outdated. It has value for the modern world. yoga offers us the opportunity to deepen our self understanding through physical movement, breathing and meditation.

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  • RAJESH, KUWAIT

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    Yoga Refers to traditional physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines, originating in India, whose goal is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility. The word is associated with meditative practices in Hinduism

    Major branches of yoga in Hindu philosophy include Rāja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Hatha Yoga. Yoga based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, comprises one of the six main Hindu schools of philosophy (darshanas), together with Kapila's Samkhya, Gautama's Nyaya, Kanada's Vaisheshika, Jaimini's Purva Mimamsa, and Badarayana's Uttara Mimamsa or Vedanta. Many other Hindu texts discuss aspects of yoga, including the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Shiva Samhita and various Tantras.


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  • RAGHU, mangalore

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    Yoga is a vast science, an infinite journey that takes you more and more towards the unknown. Towards the state of supreme bliss. But its beauty lies in the fact that it starts with very small steps than anyone can take.”

    “Yoga means togetherness of awareness and body. It is a practical science aiming at the realization of the ultimate – moksha. The practice of yoga should ideally be commenced in early childhood when the body is by nature loose and flexible. Beginning early brings truth to the old adage “prevention is better than cure”. Though yoga does help in treatment of diseases, this is not its only goal.

    Ancient masters like Patanjali have made mankind aware of the fact that Yoga is a science which is practical and usable with guaranteed scope of growth at all levels of human existence – physical, mental, emotional, physiological and spiritual. Its sole principle is to progress from a state of doing to the state of non-doing.

    The ancient art of yoga says that an empty mind is God’s workshop. With the passage of time, medical science has made tremendous progress. So have metaphysics, physics, chemistry, human physiology and sports medicine. Yoga, which is a practical science, however, has fallen into the hands of those who don’t really understand its depth and use it for superficial purposes such as figure correction, weight loss and stress management.

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  • Amardeep Khosla, Malliggekatte/Sankarapura

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    Yoga-the very word radiates peace and tranquility. The word Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Yuj' which essentially means to join or unite. The union referred to is that of the individual self uniting with Cosmic Consciousness or the Universal Spirit. Yoga is a means to achieving this goal. Born in India, almost 26,000 years ago, Yoga is believed to have evolved during the period of the ‘Sat Yuga’, also called the Golden age. This period became known as a time of everlasting peace and abundant blessings, filled with seekers of the Eternal Truth. That is why, probably, even today we associate yoga with sages and hermits.

    If you go any part of world and achieve anything.. at last for spiritual life..one or another way..bounds to follow indian culture..it's nothing but eternal....Jai Ho..

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  • H M Pernal , Mangalore

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    I feel very strange. 23 years back when I was college student I went to KMC Manipal to learn yoga. It took me 15 days to learn only few asans and pranayamas. If I am not wrong Dr. Krishna Bhat , now HOD/Dept of Yogic Science @ Mangala Gangotri was heading yoga dept at KMC then. Ganapathi Jois Sir was my teacher. Yoga is a science.It is not aerobics or gymnastics.It will give results only when it is learned under the guidance of properly trained teacher. By conducting instant sessions like this I wonder whether yoga guru Ram Dev Baba is trying to popularise yoga or using yoga as a tool for his hidden agenda.Former is okay but latter is unfair.

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  • Kishore, Dubai

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    Yoga never disapproved by anyone. Yoga originating in India, whose goal is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility. The word is associated with meditative practices in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

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  • John Pinto, Chickmagalur/Doha

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    Initially Yoga was disapproved by many and was considered not useful for health. But it is only recently through experience and proofs they realised that Yoga is the King of all exercises. Long live Baba Ramdev.

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  • Ashok, Udupi/Dubai

    Sat, Apr 16 2011

    Feel pity on those ladies strugling while doing Yoga to become fit. Don't worry practice make you perfect. Do yoga daily. Jai ho Baba Ramdev. We are with you.

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