{"id":2746,"date":"2016-12-14T02:52:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T21:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2025-10-13T17:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:55:16","slug":"remembering-iyengar-on-his-birth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2016\/12\/14\/remembering-iyengar-on-his-birth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Iyengar on his birth anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With much fondness, reverence and gratitude we remember\u00a0Yogacharya Sri BKS Iyengar on the occasion of his 98th birth anniversary. In fact we found just the perfect jewel from our archives to share on this very special occasion as we reminiscence about the energy of Guruji.<\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0working on our book &#8211; Yoga in India: A Journey to the Top 24 Yoga Places, we\u00a0were\u00a0at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune and had the good luck of a meeting with Guruji. As we chatted\u00a0about Yoga in India, the conversation wandered\u00a0and we asked Guruji about his\u00a0favorite animal. We captured that moment on video and\u00a0here&#8217;s what he told us&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"B K S  Iyengar \u2013 On favouritism\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_wVOJcqKy7E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With much fondness, reverence and gratitude we remember\u00a0Yogacharya Sri BKS Iyengar on the occasion of his 98th birth anniversary. In fact we found just the perfect jewel from our archives to share on this very special occasion as we reminiscence about the energy of Guruji. While\u00a0working on our book &#8211; Yoga in India: A Journey&hellip;<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\" https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2016\/12\/14\/remembering-iyengar-on-his-birth-anniversary\/ \">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":52586621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1265445],"tags":[11559078,551517672],"class_list":["post-2746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yoga-events","tag-bksiyengar","tag-iyenagryoga","col-sm-6"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-large":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-large":false,"newspack-article-block-square-large":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-square-medium":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-square-intermediate":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-small":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-small":false,"newspack-article-block-square-small":false,"newspack-article-block-landscape-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-portrait-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-square-tiny":false,"newspack-article-block-uncropped":false,"ippo-archive-featured-image":false,"ippo-carousel-slider-image":false,"ippo-sticky-featured-image":false,"ippo-single-featured-image":false,"jetpack-portfolio-admin-thumb":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"yoga.in team","author_link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/author\/yogainteam\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"With much fondness, reverence and gratitude we remember\u00a0Yogacharya Sri BKS Iyengar on the occasion of his 98th birth anniversary. 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