Yoga master TKV Desikachar passes away
August 08, 2016 16:52
TKV Desikachar, son of Indian yoga master T Krishnamacharya , passed away in Chennai on Monday. He was 78.
TKV Desikachar is the son and student of T Krishnamacharya, popularly known as 'the father of modern yoga'.
In the 60s and 70s, when yoga was practised only by a small section of people, even in India, TKV Desikachar quit his job as an engineer and embarked on a journey in yoga.
In 1976 he founded Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram which revolutionised the yoga practice in the country, Kausthub Desikachar, co-founder of Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation said.