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SECTION - 1GANAPATI SACHCHITANANDAJI MAHARAJV.G.RamachandranGanapathi Sachchitanandaji was bornin 1942 to a father who had almostrenounced the world. The child wasnamed Satyanarayana. After his mother’sdeath he moved to Andhra and lived on almsin the discipline of a Brahmachari. After twoyears in total isolation, he assumed the nameof Ganapthi Sachichitanandaji and startedpreaching the truths of Sanatana Dharma.He teaches Yoga, Bhakti and Jnana to hisdisciples. His trust teaches to the people theVeda and the Vedic literature, music andrelated tools of bhakti, trains people, holdsVidwat Sadas and seminars, and undertakeshumanitarian activities.He is a Nada Yogi, plays on the Veena, tothe delight of his world-wide band offollowers.Swamiji’s havans are very well attended.Swamiji works with his headquarters at thebase of the Chamundi hills in the Mysore-Nanjangud road.B.K.S. IYENGAR AND ‘THE YOGA DIPIKA’Yogacharya BellurKrishnamacharSundararaja Iyengarlearned yoga from greatmasters and took great stridesin popularizing yoga. He wrotethe classic “Light on Yoga”(Yoga Dipika) and establishedthe Ramamani Iyengarmemorial Yoga Institute. He isacclaimed as a yoga artist withgreat control over his body andmind, backed by a wealth ofwisdom and humanity. Hiscareer as a yoga teacher saw him as a manof great influence. He taught yoga to greatmen like Jayaprakash Narayan, philosophersand savants like J.Krishnamurti,internationally famous musicians like YehudiMenuhin and Clifford Curzon and generalsof Indian Army-and the pupilsof his pupils number severalthousands.Yogacharya Iyengarnever went through anyuniversity training. Yet whathe acquired through his singledevotion to yoga for over 40years now provides courses forseveral universities abroad.He has now completed acompanion volume to his yogabook – “Light on Pranayama.”Iyengar’s work in popularizing andstandardising yoga practices has helped theIndian Yoga tradition establish itself as ascientific, learnable, repeatable, andprofitable art and science. (Compiled)SAMARTHA BHARATA 34