Yogacharya Bellur Krishnamachar

Iyengar

Iyengar Yoga

Pandurang Rao

secretary

Padma Shri

Padma Bhushan

Padma Vibhushan

heart attacks

heart

managing director and chief consultant

Internationally-renowned 96- year-oldSundararaja(in pic) on Tuesday was admitted to a private hospital in the city. The founder of the school ofand considered to be the father of modern yoga, he has been diagnosed with heartpumping failure, but is said to be in a stable condition., Iyengar’s, said, “Guruji has been unwell and weak for the past 15 days. Before being shifted to a hospital for observation, he was being treated at home.”Iyengar, who has been awarded theand therecently, had suffered from twoin 1998 and 2000 respectively. “Coupled withattacks, his age is probably the reason for his illness. He agreed to be hospitalised on Monday. His kidneys are not functioning properly and he was a little breathless on Monday, but is stable now. We will need more time to know how well he is responding to the treatment,” said theof the hospital where Iyengar is being treated.Presently, his children, few students and relatives are his only visitors. The family does not want a crowd to gather at the hospital and hence does not want the centre’s name to be disclosed.