Yoga master TKV Desikachar passes away
August 08, 2016  16:52
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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.
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