Baba Ramdev | Swami Ramdev | Ramkishan Yadav
Baba Ramdev is well known personality in the world. He has spread the yoga in all over the world. Baba Ramdev is born on 11 Jan 1971 in Alipur, in the Mahendragarh district of Indian state of Haryana. His mother’s mane is Gulab Devi and father is Ram Nivas Yadav. They belong from Ordinary Poor Indian Family. His original name was Ramkishan Yadav, but commonly known as Baba Ramdev or Swami Ramdev. He attended school through the eighth grade in Shahjadpur.
Thereafter, he joined a yogic monastery (gurukul) in Khanpur village to study Sanskrit and Yoga. There, he started learning the techniques of Yoga. Eventually, he renounced worldly life and entered into Sanyas (monastic living) - taking the name Swami 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.
Baba Ram Dev established the Divya Yoga Mandir Trust in 1995 with Acharya Karamveer and Acharya Balkrishna. Behind this his aim is to popularize Yog and Ayurved in the general public. Acharya Karmaveer is well-versed in Yoga and Veda while Acharya Balkrishna is a physician with a degree in Ayurveda. The headquarters of the trust are at the Kripalu Bagh Ashram of Haridwar.
Baba Ramdev teaches Pranayama, a form of Yoga. The program consists of six breathing exercises, practiced in the following sequence-
• Bhastrika Pranayama
• Kapal Bhati Pranayama
• Bahaya Pranayama
• Anulom Vilom Pranayama
• Bhramri Pranayama
• Udgeeth Pranayama
He has also founded the Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust, an institution for treatment and research in Yoga and Ayurveda, in Haridwar. The trust provides several free services to all visitors.
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, has been demanding that the government should bring in legislation to repatriate the alleged black money stashed in foreign bank accounts and declare it as national wealth. “I will go on my fast... We do not have any secret, underground, communal or political agenda. The only agenda is national interest,” he said.
His other proposals to combat graft include introducing the death penalty for corrupt officials and withdrawing large-denomination Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 bank notes, which he says are used for illicit transactions.
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.
