Yoga guru Baba Ramdev began his anti-corruption fast on 04.06.2011 Saturday at the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi.
Baba Ramdev arrived at the stage at around 4:50 am to a huge round of applause from his followers.
Before launching the fast, Baba Ramdev held a yoga and bhajan session amidst thousands of his supporters. during which he told the gathering that his protest was intended to "save the country from corruption and ensure that the poor get a good life."
"Nothing is impossible, everything is possible and we are not going to be defeated," he told the gathering, referring to bringing back of black money stashed in tax havens abroad.
Baba Ramdev began his indefinite hunger strike at 7 am.
Baba Ramdev's Fast: Photos
Thousands have joined Baba Ramdev's fast, including Sadhvi Ritambhara and also AHP and RSS members
Former VHP leader Sadhvi Ritambara shared the stage with Baba Ramdev as he began his fast at Ramlila Maidan
Baba Ramdev's Fast: Just Cause or Blackmail? Time will have the answer.
Who is Baba Ramdev?
He was born 25 Dec 1965 as Ram Krishna Yadav to Gulabo Devi and Ram Nivas Yadav in the village Ali Saiyad Pur of Mahendragarh district in Haryana,India.
He was inspired by the portraits of 'RamPrasad Bismil' and 'Netaji Subhash ChandraBose' that were hung in his room. As soon as he grew up and read the autobiography of Ram Prasad 'Bismil', his mind was totally washed. After completing middle education (8th Std) from Shahjadpur Haryana, he joined Aarsh (Arya) Gurukul, Khanpur and studied Sanskrit and Yoga under the guidance of Achary Pradumn.
Eventually when he came in the contact of another saint Achary Baldevji, he renounced worldly life and entered into Sanyas and changed his original name Ram Krishna to the present one of Swami Ramdev.
He shot into prominence when he started the Divya Yog Mandir Trust with the company of Achary Bal Krishna. In 2003, 'Aastha TV'began featuring him in its morning yoga slot. Within a few years, he had gathered a cult following.He was best known for his efforts to popularise yoga among increasingly health conscious Indians.
His flagship project is Patanjali Yog Peeth (a registered Trust which was inaugurated on August 6, 2006 by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, then Vice President of India). The primary aim of this institution is to build India the world's largest centre for Ayurveda and Yoga with the facilities of treatment, research and training. At present the trust offers free treatment to those who cannot afford to pay and for the rest, it is provided at a reasonable cost.
Patanjali Center
Baba Ramdev arrived at the stage at around 4:50 am to a huge round of applause from his followers.
Before launching the fast, Baba Ramdev held a yoga and bhajan session amidst thousands of his supporters. during which he told the gathering that his protest was intended to "save the country from corruption and ensure that the poor get a good life."
"Nothing is impossible, everything is possible and we are not going to be defeated," he told the gathering, referring to bringing back of black money stashed in tax havens abroad.
Baba Ramdev began his indefinite hunger strike at 7 am.
Baba Ramdev's Fast: Photos
Thousands have joined Baba Ramdev's fast, including Sadhvi Ritambhara and also AHP and RSS members
Former VHP leader Sadhvi Ritambara shared the stage with Baba Ramdev as he began his fast at Ramlila Maidan
Baba Ramdev's Fast: Just Cause or Blackmail? Time will have the answer.
Who is Baba Ramdev?
He was born 25 Dec 1965 as Ram Krishna Yadav to Gulabo Devi and Ram Nivas Yadav in the village Ali Saiyad Pur of Mahendragarh district in Haryana,India.
He was inspired by the portraits of 'RamPrasad Bismil' and 'Netaji Subhash ChandraBose' that were hung in his room. As soon as he grew up and read the autobiography of Ram Prasad 'Bismil', his mind was totally washed. After completing middle education (8th Std) from Shahjadpur Haryana, he joined Aarsh (Arya) Gurukul, Khanpur and studied Sanskrit and Yoga under the guidance of Achary Pradumn.
Eventually when he came in the contact of another saint Achary Baldevji, he renounced worldly life and entered into Sanyas and changed his original name Ram Krishna to the present one of Swami Ramdev.
He shot into prominence when he started the Divya Yog Mandir Trust with the company of Achary Bal Krishna. In 2003, 'Aastha TV'began featuring him in its morning yoga slot. Within a few years, he had gathered a cult following.He was best known for his efforts to popularise yoga among increasingly health conscious Indians.
His flagship project is Patanjali Yog Peeth (a registered Trust which was inaugurated on August 6, 2006 by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, then Vice President of India). The primary aim of this institution is to build India the world's largest centre for Ayurveda and Yoga with the facilities of treatment, research and training. At present the trust offers free treatment to those who cannot afford to pay and for the rest, it is provided at a reasonable cost.
Patanjali Center
Yog Sandesh is its authorised journal which is being published in 11 languages viz. Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali, Kannada and Telugu.
Monthly readership of this multi-lingual journal is more than one million.
For changing governance policies, he has initiated a movement named Bharat Swabhiman alongwith Rajiv Dixit.The five goalsof Bharat Swabhiman campaign are:
- 100% voting
- 100% nationalist thought,
- 100% boycott of foreign companies and adoption of swadeshi,
- 100% unification of the people of the nation and
- 100% yoga-oriented nation.
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