International Yoga Day 2024: Yoga Day is celebrated every year on 21 June. This year too International Yoga Day was celebrated across the country. However, this year along with Yoga Day, 127-year-old yoga guru Swami Shivanand is also in the news. Former President Ramnath Kovind presented the Padma Award to 127-year-old yoga guru Swami Shivanand. Very few people know about him. Let us tell you today who Swami Shivanand is and how good his health is even at this age.
Swami Sivananda is 127 years old. He was born on 8 August 1896. He was born in the pre-independence Bengal Presidency which is now a part of Bangladesh. He has been living in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh for the last several decades. He lives in Kabir Nagar, Durga Kund, Varanasi. Even at the age of 127, he takes care of his health by doing yoga. According to reports, he wakes up every day at three in the morning and does yoga.
Swami Sivananda likes to stay away from the limelight. He starts his day with yoga and then recites Bhagwat Geeta and Chandi Shloka. He says that he has never been ill since childhood. Doing yoga keeps him healthy. He said that by doing yoga, any person can stay healthy. Doing yoga also does not cause stress. He believes that the new generation of youth needs to be inspired towards yoga. Regarding food, he also says that instead of eating oily and spicy vegetables, one should eat boiled pulses and vegetables.
On the occasion of International Yoga Day, various programs are being organized across the country for the last few days. Last Sunday, a program was organized in Mumbai on Yoga Day. In which 127-year-old Swami Shivanand also participated. He was seen doing yoga in the event. Even at the age of 127, he did such yoga that even today's youth would feel shy after seeing it. It is said that even at the age of 127, yoga is the reason for good health and fitness.