At Sangam, band of foreign yogis has 'universal' appeal

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At Sangam, band of foreign yogis has 'universal' appeal

Akhilesh Kumar Singh

[ 28 Jan, 2007 0037hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

 

 

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SANGAM (ALLAHABAD): Sasha Jezdic from Bosnia is better known by her

Vedic name Karmyogi. Serbians like Slobodan Milioenic have become

Swami Chidanand, Petar Putnik is Siddharth, Milorad Bera is Kailash

Puri and Joran Rakosic is now Chitrapuri. Women like Dina Putnik and

Ashya Putnik prefer names like Agni Devi and Purnima, respectively.

 

They are part of a group of over three dozen foreigners spreading

India's philosophy of Vasudhaiv kutumbakam across the globe through

yoga.

 

This group of foreign 'yogacharyas' teach yoga in several countries.

Even at their Sangam ashram, early morning yoga sessions attracted

hundreds of devotees.

 

An engineer, Jezdic (Karmyogi) takes yoga classes at a Shiva temple

in Atlanta, US. "Every morning, several people from different

nationalities assemble at the temple and at times even outnumber

Indians," said Jezdic, who works with a computer networking company.

 

Milioenic, an academician who belongs to Novi Sad, a place near

Belgrade, said he has been practising yoga for three decades and

teaching it in his country for 23 years. "I came across my Guruji 30

years ago during my first visit to India. Since then, yoga has become

part of my life."

 

He said his soul and spirit were 'Indianised' due to the virtues of

yoga. "Yoga is not part of religion but all religions are part of

yoga. Fortunately the world has gradually accepted this," said

Milioenic.

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