Ramdev Baba
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Baba Ramdev
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| Religion | Hinduism |
| Founder of | Patanjali Yogpeeth, Bharat Swabhiman Trust |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | Ram Krishna Yadav 1965 (age 51–52) Said Alipur, Mahendragarh, Haryana |
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| Honors | Honorary Doctorate by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar |
Baba Ramdev 
pronunciation (born as Ramkrishna Yadav in Haryana) is a yoga guru known for his work in Ayurveda, business, politics and agriculture. He is best known for popularising yoga among Indians through his mass yoga camps. He founded the Patanjali Group of Institutions. Ramdev has more recently become interested in Indian political issues.
Ramdev was born to Ram Niwas Yadav and Gulabo Devi. He studied Indian scripture, Yoga and Sanskrit in various Gurukuls (schools). He became a sanyasi and adopted the name Swami Ramdev. While living in Kalwa Gurukul in Jind district, Haryana, Ramdev offered free yoga training to villagers. Then he moved to Haridwar in Uttarakhand, where he practiced self-discipline and meditation, and spent several years studying ancient Indian scriptures at Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya.
Ramdev founded the Divya Yog Mandir Trust in 1996. In 2003, Aastha TV began featuring him in its morning yoga slot. There he proved to be telegenic and gained a large following. A large number of people, celebrities from India & abroad attended his Yoga camps. He taught yoga to many celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty and in foreign countries including Britain, the US & Japan. He also addressed Muslim clerics at their seminary in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh. In 2006, he was invited by Kofi Annan to deliver a lecture on poverty alleviation at a United Nations conference.Yogi Haider considered the face of yoga in Pakistan, says that his ambition is to popularize yoga like Ramdev Baba did in India.
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