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July 01, 2017 | Toronto
Baba Ramdev does 'flying yoga', plans to
bring Patanjali Yogpeeth centre to Toronto
The Canadian Parvasi
TORONTO: Yoga guru
Baba Ramdev came. He
mesmerized people with
`flying yoga' at the biggest-ever
yoga event in
North America here on
Sunday. He won - perhaps
- millions new followers to
yoga. And he announced
that he plans is a set up
a Patanjali Yogpeeth centre
in Canada to promote
yoga and Ayurveda.
Attended by thousands
of people at the International
Centre here, the
day-long mega yoga event
was organized by the nonprofit
International Day
of Yoga Canada (IYDC)
in collaboration with the
Indian consulate general
here.
Top leaders, including
Canada’s science
minister Kirsty Duncan,
Ontario’s Indo-Canadian
Dipkia Damerla, Ontario
Opposition leader Patrick
Brown, mayors, and
MPs joined the event as
Baba Ramdev put them
through over two hours of
yogic asanas in the morning
session.Brahma Kumari
Sister Shivani led
the evening meditation
session.
It was all fun and
laughter as Baba Ramdev
guided people, including
the VIPs, through tough
yogic exercises, highlighting
the benefits of
each asana.
Administering the
oath to the crowd to do
yoga everyday, he said,
``People look for solutions
outside, but everything
is inside us. My mission
is to take yoga to every
corner of the world. Even
if one percent people of
the world practise yoga,
it will usher in prosperity
and world peace and
there won’t be any wars.
Baba Ramdev doing 'flying yoga' in Toronto.
Yoga has nothing to do
with any religion."
Referring to his Patanjali
Ayurved business
empire as charity and
non-profit ``for the benefit
of mankind’’, Baba Ramdev
said his mission is to
build the world’s biggest
university which teaches
modern education and India’s
ancient wisdom and
knowledge.
Amid applause, the
yoga guru said he had
never attended any bigger
yoga event than this one
anywhere outside India
Terming the yoga celebrations
an "exciting and
important event," Canada’s
minister for science
Kirsty Duncan greeted the
huge gathering in Punjabi,
saying, "Namaskar,
Sat Sri Akal, Aslam Alekum.
Mera naam Kirty
Duncan hai. Mainu bahut
Baba Ramdev led the biggest-ever yoga event in Toronto.
khushi hai...."
Indian consul general
Dinesh Bhatia, who put
together the event in collaboration
with community
organizations, said
yoga is India’s gift to the
world and lauded Prime
Minister Modi for getting
it recognized as International
Day of Yoga.
He introduced Baba
Ramdev to Canadians as
``the brand ambassador of
yoga and Ayurveda’’ and
a crusader against corruption
and black money.
Welcoming people
to the biggest-ever
yoga celebrations in
Canada, Satish Thakkar,
chairman of the organizing
body IYDC, highlighted
the economic benefits
of yoga in terms of
medical costs for modern
society.
He said the mission of
IYDC is to take yoga to the
mainstream in Canada by
organizing even bigger
yoga events in the future.