Name - Ramkishan Yadav known as Baba Ramdev or Swami Ramdev
Parents name - Gulab Devi and Ram Nivas Yadav Ordinary Poor Indian Family
Birth Year – 1965
Birth Place - Ali Saiyad Pur village of Mahendragarh district in Haryana state of India.
Education – 8th Standard
After that He joined yogic monastery (gurukul) in Khanpur village. There, he started learning the techniques of Yoga
After staying in Gurukul he took the Sanyas and took the name of Ramdev.
After changing name he went to Jind district and joined the Kalva gurukul. There, he started teaching Yoga to the villagers across Haryana.
After staying few years Baba Ramdev traveled to the Himalayas, spending a number of years there.
Later he came back and stayed in Haridwar.
He is also one of the founder members of the Yoga Empire Divya Yog Mandir Trust, Haridwar, whose aim is to popularize Yog and Ayurved in the general public.
Divya Yoga Mandir Trust - Baba Ram Dev established the Divya Yoga Mandir Trust in 1995. In this project, he was accompanied by Acharya Karamveer and Acharya Balkrishna. The headquarters of the trust are at the Kripalu Bagh Ashram of Haridwar.
Baba Ramdev also started his political ambitions and educating Indians on various topics
Under Banner of Bharat Swabhiman Trust.
Rajiv Dixit is the one who made Bharat Swabhiman Trust Popular in India.
Rajiv Dixit who had been moving all over India from one corner to another for the last 20 years continuously, delivering speeches in the public with the intention to eradicate corruption, crime, poverty and fake politics from India.
Rajiv Dixit died on 30 November 2010.
Baba Ramdev is the host of a program named 'Divya Yog' that airs on Aastha TV
Everyday, at 5 am in the morning.
He has been conducting week long training camps in cities all over India.
Media has also reported that Aastha channel is controlled by Baba Ramdev.
Baba Ramdev teaches Pranayama, a form of Yoga.
The program consists of six breathing exercises, practiced in the
Following sequence
1. Bhastrika Pranayama
2. Kapal Bhati Pranayama
3. Bahaya Pranayama
4. Anulom Vilom Pranayama
5. Bhramri Pranayama
6. Udgeeth Pranayama
Baba Ramdev’s project, the Patanjali Yog Peeth Trust, was inaugurated on August 6, 2006 by Bhairon Singh Shekhavat, then Vice-President of India in the presence of 17 dignitaries including C.M.s and Governors of the different states
Baba Ramdev has started following institutions also
1. Patanjali Ayurved College
2. Patanjali Chikitsalaya
3. Yog Gram
4. Go-Shala
5. Patanjali Herbal Botanical Garden
6. Organic Agriculture Farm
7. Patanjali Food and Herbal Park Ltd
8. Divya Prakashan - Yog Sandesh is its authorized journal which is being published in 11 languages viz. Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali, Kannad and Telugu. Monthly readers of this multi lingual journal are more than one million.
Patanjali Yog Peeth has acquired a Scottish Island for about £2 million to set up a wellness retreat. The acquisition of the land itself was carried out by a Scottish couple of Indian origin, Sam and Sunita Poddar, to expand the base of Patanjali Yog Peeth the institution founded by Ramdev. These premises will be administered by the Patanjali Yogpeeth (UK) Trust
June 2011 –
Ramdev Baba is planning to launch the nationwide protest against the issues of corruption and black money stashed in foreign banks from June 4 at Ramleela Maidan in Delhi.
Baba Ramdev and Awards –
January 2007 -
Honorary Doctorate, by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, (Orissa)
March 2010 –
Honored with Degree of Doctorate of Sciences by Amity University, Noida
April 2010 –
Honored with honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Dr D. Y. Patil Deemed University.
January 2011 –
Honored with Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati National Eminence Award by Maharashtra Governor K. Shankaranarayanan.
Controversies and Baba Ramdev –
March 2005 –
113 employees of Divya Yoga Mandir Trust, Haridwar started an agitation for minimum wages and employees’ rights such as coverage under the Provident Fund and Employees’ State Insurance schemes.
After discussions and meetings agreement was reached between the workers, management and the district administration.
However, some agitating workers were dismissed by the Trustees after being alleged for sabotage.
Their case was taken up by a trade union controlled by the Communist Party of India (Marxist). They are still to be reinstated.
January 2006 –
In January 2006, Brinda Karat, a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) accused the Divya Pharmacy, owned by Divya Yog Mandir Trust for using human and animal bones in their medicines.
December 2006 –
Swami Ramdev claimed to cure diseases such as AIDS and cancer through yoga and ayurvedic drugs sold by his Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
He also went on to suggest that sex education should be replaced by yoga, which was the way to AIDS awareness, prevention and cure.
Media has also reported that Baba Ramdev claims that cancer of the breast, liver, prostate, uterus, pituitary gland, brain tumors and leukemia by practicing the seven breathing exercises.
July 2009 –
Baba Ramdev is against Homosexuality and Gay people
In July 2009, when Delhi High Court gave a verdict under decriminalizing homosexuality in Delhi, Baba called a press conference and said, “This verdict of the court will encourage criminality and sick mentality.
This kind of thing is shameful and insulting to all of us.
We are blindly following the West in everything.
This is breaking the family system in India.
Homosexuals are sick people, they should be sent to hospitals for treatment. If the government brings this law, I will take this matter to the streets of Delhi in protest.”
Suggested Reading –
Know the demands of Baba Ramdev and Analysis of demands of Baba Ramdev Baba Ramdev said he would go on a fast unto death in New Delhi from 4 June
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2011/06/know-demands-of-baba-ramdev-and.html
Baba Ramdev, His Properties and Politics –
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/baba-ramdev-his-properties-and-politics.html
Reality views by sm –
Thursday, June 02, 2011
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