Who does not know the importance of Yoga and Ayurveda? In today’s modern era, where the whole world is forced to live on allopath, there is an age-old tradition of yoga and Ayurveda to cure any disease with herbs and yogasanas since the era of great sages. Baba Ramdev is given the credit for spreading this valuable heritage of India in the whole world and spreading the importance of yoga in the whole world in Kali Yuga. Ramdev, through his programs and camps, has led the people of India and the world to adopt yoga and pranayama, as a result of which today yoga has become an important part of the lives of people all over the world.
Ramdev has not only explained the importance of yoga to the world, but also brought Ayurvedic and products made from it to the people. People’s faith in Ayurveda has started waking up again, full credit goes to Swami Ramdev.
Biography of Ramdev
On 26 December 1965, a child was born to Ram Niwas Yadav in Nangal Chaudhary town, Mahendragarh district of Haryana, whom he named Ramkrishna Yadav. Ramakrishna’s mother’s name was Gulabo Devi. Ramakrishna was very hardworking since childhood and was always ahead in sports. He changed his name from Ramakrishna to Swami Ramdev as soon as he entered the ascetic life.
Baba Ramdev was very interested in religious things since childhood. When he was young, he was very powerful and smart compared to other kids of his age. While the other children were just busy playing sports, Ramakrishna would have been busy solving his curiosities.
Life and Education of Baba Ramdev
Baba Ramdev ji’s early life passed very simply due to belonging to middle class. Financially his family was able to meet their essential needs. Swami Ramdev’s early education was done in the government school of Sahajadpur village near Saidpur till the eighth standard. After this he received the education of Yoga in Veda Sanskrit from Acharya Pradyumna and Yogacharya Baldev in a Gurukul in Khanpur village.
Baba Ramdev Jaan was in the eighth standard, when he became a victim of paralysis, the family members did not have enough money to afford English medicines for the cost of their treatment, but from the very beginning, due to interest in Yoga and Ayurveda, resorted to Ayurveda and Ayurvedic Through medicine and yoga, Baba Ramdev became completely healthy.
took retirement at a young age
Swami Ramdev had decided to take sannyas in his youth. Baba Ramdev went to live in Kalwa Gurukul after deciding to retire at a young age. After receiving education in the ashram, he went to Haridwar and continued to practice knowledge for many years in the university of Gurukul Kangri.
It is said that even in the Himalayas he did penance for many years, after which he started living in Haridwar completely. Swami Ramdev had taken initiation from Swami Shankar Dev ji, as a result he started studying ancient scriptures and started moving forward on his yoga path.
Establishment of Chair for Promotion of Yoga
To promote Yoga and Ayurveda, while living in Haridwar, he established his own Yoga Gurukul and started teaching Yoga to the people. In the very beginning, Baba Ramdev Ji’s teaching of Yoga solved the problems of hundreds of people, due to which there was a lot of discussion about Baba Ramdev all around. Day by day Ramdev ji introduced people to an ancient and priceless method of staying healthy.
Establishment of Divya Yog Mandir Trust
Swami Ramdev established the Divya Yog Mandir Trust in 1995 to make yoga popular in the world. But still Swamiji was finding it difficult to reach every corner of the world, so he took the help of the media. Under which the religious channel started the program on Aastha which used to come at 5:00 in the morning. People could do yoga by watching this program at their home, so this program became very famous.
Swami Ramdev left no stone unturned in guiding people about yoga and no one could remain untouched by the knowledge of the importance of yoga. Even famous Bollywood actors and actresses also seek the support of yoga to stay healthy and look young. That’s why Baba Ramdev has also taught yoga to Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Shilpa Shetty. Even big countries like France, Britain and America have been continuously inviting Swamiji to teach yoga.
Establishment of Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust
While Baba Ramdev was working to spread Yoga all over the world through Divya Yog Mandir Trust, on the other hand, he was trying to bring back people’s faith in Ayurveda. In 2006, Swami Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna together established Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust in Haridwar to promote Ayurveda along with Yoga in the world. The main objective of this institute is to take Yoga and Ayurveda to the masses in India and the world.
To promote Ayurveda, Baba established Patanjali Ayurved Limited. Under this, Baba sells products made from Ayurveda in the Indian markets. Patanjali manufactures innumerable food items used in daily life like Manjan, Biscuit, Chocolate, Atta, Soap, Detergent, Cosmetics, Ayurvedic Medicines, Beverages, Cold Drinks, Namkeen, Dal- Rice, Pickles, Papad and many more.
The growth level of Patanjali is touching a new high. In the year 2021, its turnover has crossed Rs 30 thousand crores. Baba Ramdev has further said that the company will become debt free in the coming three-four years.
Baba has also started Patanjali Ayurved as well as Patanjali Chikitsalaya, which is run by Patanjali Store where Vaidya is appointed and he is curing people’s diseases with Ayurvedic treatment. Because there was a need for experienced people in the field of Ayurveda to run this trust, so Acharya Karmaveer and Acharya Balkrishna ji supported Baba Ramdev in this work.
Controversy related to Baba Ramdev
Baba Ramdev is one of the people living in politics even though he is not in politics. Every day, he remains in the headlines for his out-of-mouth statements. During the crisis of Corona, he had given a controversial statement against allopathic and doctors, on which there was a lot of ruckus in the country. Baba had said that, allopathy is not good for human beings, allopathy is a foolish science. Doctors do fool’s work, if they can’t protect themselves then what’s the use of allopaths. Along with this, Baba had also raised questions on the corona vaccine.
On this statement of Baba, the Indian Medical Association had demanded to register a case of sedition against Ramdev ji. The then health minister had asked Baba Ramdev to apologize for his remarks on allopathy and doctors. Cases were registered against Baba on his statement across the country.