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	'''Dhirendra Brahmachari''' (12 February 1924 – 9 June 1994), born '''Dhirendra Choudhary''' in village Basaith Chanpura, [[Madhubani, Bihar\|Madhubani]], [[Bihar]], was ~~the~~ yoga ~~guru~~ of [[Yogi Bhajan]] who taught [[Kundalini Yoga]] in the West and founded [[3HO]].<ref name="deslippe ">{{cite news \|last1=Deslippe \|first1=Philip \|title=From Maharaj to Mahan Tantric: The construction of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga \|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6r63q6qn\|accessdate=12 September 2018 \|journal=Sikh Formations \|volume=8 \|number=3\|date=2012}}</ref> Dhirendra Brahmachari was also yoga mentor of [[Indira Gandhi]] ~~– a~~ former [[~~Prime Minister~~]] of [[India]]<ref name="tandon">{{cite news \|last1=Tandon \|first1=P.D. \|title=The truth about Indira \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-truth-about-indira/211665 \| publisher=Outlook \|date=21 May 2001 \|accessdate=1 June 2018 }}</ref> He ran [[ashram]]s in [[Gurugram Airstrip#History\|Bhondsi]] ([[Gurugram]] in Delhi NCR), [[Jammu]], [[Katra, Jammu and Kashmir\|Katra]] and [[Mantalai]] (near [[~~Patnitop~~]] in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir) and wrote books on [[yoga]].{{Citation needed\|date=June 2018}}		'''Dhirendra Brahmachari''' (12 February 1924 – 9 June 1994), born '''Dhirendra Choudhary''' in village [[Basaith Chanpura]], [[Madhubani, Bihar\|Madhubani]], [[Bihar]], was a yoga teacher of [[Yogi Bhajan]] who taught [[Kundalini Yoga]] in the West and founded [[3HO]].<ref name="deslippe ">{{cite news \|last1=Deslippe \|first1=Philip \|title=From Maharaj to Mahan Tantric: The construction of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga \|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6r63q6qn\|accessdate=12 September 2018 \|journal=Sikh Formations \|volume=8 \|number=3\|date=2012}}</ref> Dhirendra Brahmachari was also yoga mentor of [[Indira Gandhi]] –The former [[prime minister]] of [[India]]<ref name="tandon">{{cite news \|last1=Tandon \|first1=P.D. \|title=The truth about Indira \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-truth-about-indira/211665 \| publisher=Outlook \|date=21 May 2001 \|accessdate=1 June 2018 }}</ref> He ran [[ashram]]s in [[Gurugram Airstrip#History\|Bhondsi]] ([[Gurugram]] in Delhi NCR), [[Jammu]], [[Katra, Jammu and Kashmir\|Katra]] and [[Mantalai]] (near [[Sudhmahadev]] in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir) and wrote books on [[yoga]].{{Citation needed\|date=June 2018}}

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Inspired by reading the [[Bhagavad Gita]], he left home at the age of thirteen and went to [[Varanasi]]. His guru was [[Maharshi Kartikeya]] whose ashram was at Gopal-Khera, about twelve miles from [[Lucknow]]. Dhirendra Brahmachari studied yoga and associated subjects there.<ref>http://www.worldyogadirectory.com/Yoga-Teachers/Swami-Dhirendra-Brahmachari-1227.html~~{{dead link~~\|date=~~September 2017~~ \|~~bot~~=~~InternetArchiveBot~~ \|~~fix~~-~~attempted~~=~~yes~~ }}</ref> In the 1960s he was invited to travel to the U.S.S.R. as a [[hatha yoga]] expert to train Soviet cosmonauts. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] later invited him to teach yoga to his daughter, [[Indira Gandhi]], to improve her health. He became influential politically in 1975–77 when Mrs Gandhi dissolved Parliament, declared a state of emergency and suspended civil liberties.<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news\|agency=Associated Press\|date=1994-06-10\|title=Dhirendra Brahmachari, Yoga Master, 70\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/10/obituaries/dhirendra-brahmachari-yoga-master-70.html\|access-date=2020-08-22\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>		He was born in a [[brahmin]] family<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Yogi Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari Ji {{!}} Yoga Guru of Indira Gandhi - a former Prime Minister of India\|url=http://www.yogaguruswamidhirendrabrahmachari.absyogaindia.com/yogi_swami_dhirendra_brahmachari_ji.html\|access-date=2022-01-16\|website=www.yogaguruswamidhirendrabrahmachari.absyogaindia.com}}</ref> He later got Inspired by reading the [[Bhagavad Gita]], he left home at the age of thirteen and went to [[Varanasi]]. His guru was [[Maharshi Kartikeya]] whose ashram was at Gopal-Khera, about twelve miles from [[Lucknow]]. Dhirendra Brahmachari studied yoga and associated subjects there.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.worldyogadirectory.com/Yoga-Teachers/Swami-Dhirendra-Brahmachari-1227.html \|title=Archived copy \|website=www.worldyogadirectory.com \|access-date=6 June 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042256/http://www.worldyogadirectory.com/Yoga-Teachers/Swami-Dhirendra-Brahmachari-1227.html \|archive-date=4 March 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 1960s he was invited to travel to the U.S.S.R. as a [[hatha yoga]] expert to train Soviet cosmonauts. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] later invited him to teach yoga to his daughter, [[Indira Gandhi]], to improve her health. He became influential politically in 1975–77 when Mrs Gandhi dissolved Parliament, declared a state of emergency and suspended civil liberties.<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news\|agency=Associated Press\|date=1994-06-10\|title=Dhirendra Brahmachari, Yoga Master, 70\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/10/obituaries/dhirendra-brahmachari-yoga-master-70.html\|access-date=2020-08-22\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

	In the late 1970s, Dhirendra Brahmachari promoted the benefits of yoga in a weekly program called "Yogabhyaas" which was broadcast on [[Doordarshan]], the state-owned television network.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Speculation rife about Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari's estrangement from Gandhi family \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830815-speculation-rife-about-swami-dhirendra-brahmacharis-estrangement-from-gandhi-family-770911-2013-07-17 \|accessdate=1 June 2018 \|publisher=India Today}}</ref> He introduced yoga as a subject of study in Delhi administered schools, a considerable innovation.		In the late 1970s, Dhirendra Brahmachari promoted the benefits of yoga in a weekly program called "Yogabhyaas" which was broadcast on [[Doordarshan]], the state-owned television network.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Speculation rife about Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari's estrangement from Gandhi family \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830815-speculation-rife-about-swami-dhirendra-brahmacharis-estrangement-from-gandhi-family-770911-2013-07-17 \|accessdate=1 June 2018 \|publisher=India Today}}</ref> He introduced yoga as a subject of study in Delhi administered schools, a considerable innovation.

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[[File:John Hills with Dhirendra Bramachari and Amrit Desai.jpg|thumb|John Hills discusses the World Conference on Scientific Yoga Conference program schedule with Dhirendra Brahmachari and [[Amrit Desai]].]]

'''Dhirendra Brahmachari''' (12 February 1924 – 9 June 1994), born '''Dhirendra Choudhary''' in village Basaith Chanpura, [[Madhubani, Bihar|Madhubani]], [[Bihar]], was the yoga guru of [[Yogi Bhajan]] who taught [[Kundalini Yoga]] in the West and founded [[3HO]].<ref name="deslippe ">{{cite news |last1=Deslippe |first1=Philip |title=From Maharaj to Mahan Tantric: The construction of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6r63q6qn|accessdate=12 September 2018 |journal=Sikh Formations |volume=8 |number=3|date=2012}}</ref> Dhirendra Brahmachari was also yoga mentor of [[Indira Gandhi]] – a former [[Prime Minister]] of [[India]]<ref name="tandon">{{cite news |last1=Tandon |first1=P.D. |title=The truth about Indira |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-truth-about-indira/211665 | publisher=Outlook |date=21 May 2001 |accessdate=1 June 2018 }}</ref> He ran [[ashram]]s in [[Gurugram Airstrip#History|Bhondsi]] ([[Gurugram]] in Delhi NCR), [[Jammu]], [[Katra, Jammu and Kashmir|Katra]] and [[Mantalai]] (near [[Patnitop]] in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir) and wrote books on [[yoga]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

==Biography==
Inspired by reading the [[Bhagavad Gita]], he left home at the age of thirteen and went to [[Varanasi]]. His guru was [[Maharshi Kartikeya]] whose ashram was at Gopal-Khera, about twelve miles from [[Lucknow]]. Dhirendra Brahmachari studied yoga and associated subjects there.<ref>http://www.worldyogadirectory.com/Yoga-Teachers/Swami-Dhirendra-Brahmachari-1227.html{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In the 1960s he was invited to travel to the U.S.S.R. as a [[hatha yoga]] expert to train Soviet cosmonauts. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] later invited him to teach yoga to his daughter, [[Indira Gandhi]], to improve her health. He became influential politically in 1975–77 when Mrs Gandhi dissolved Parliament, declared a state of emergency and suspended civil liberties.<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=1994-06-10|title=Dhirendra Brahmachari, Yoga Master, 70|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/10/obituaries/dhirendra-brahmachari-yoga-master-70.html|access-date=2020-08-22|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In the late 1970s, Dhirendra Brahmachari promoted the benefits of yoga in a weekly program called "Yogabhyaas" which was broadcast on [[Doordarshan]], the state-owned television network.<ref>{{cite news |title=Speculation rife about Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari's estrangement from Gandhi family |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830815-speculation-rife-about-swami-dhirendra-brahmacharis-estrangement-from-gandhi-family-770911-2013-07-17 |accessdate=1 June 2018 |publisher=India Today}}</ref> He introduced yoga as a subject of study in Delhi administered schools, a considerable innovation.

He was the owner of [[Vishwayatan Yogashram]] in the centre of [[Delhi]], now known as the [[Morarji Desai]] National Institute of Yoga. He also owned campuses in Jammu, Katra and Mantalai, plots of land he had received through his Indira Gandhi clout.<ref name="nyt" /> Known as "the Flying Swami", he not only helped her form decisions and make appointments, but he also executed some of her orders.<ref name="nyt" />

He wrote books on yoga in Hindi and English including 'Yogic Sukshma Vyayama' and 'Yogasana Vijnana'.{{Citation needed|reason=no citation given for these statements|date=June 2018}}
His ashram at Mantalai is spread over 1008 kanals of land with private airstrips, hangar, a zoo and a seven storey building in gandhi nagar, Jammu.{{Citation needed|reason=no citation given for these statements / claims|date=June 2018}}

Nowadays there are three known successors of Dhirendra Brahmachari yoga tradition: Bal Mukund Singh from India, [[Reinhard Gammenthaler]] from Switzerland and Rainer Neyer from Austria.{{Citation needed|reason=no citation given for these statements|date=June 2018}}

==Criminal charges==
Mr. Brahmachari was charged with buying an aircraft in the United States during the Emergency imposed by Mrs Gandhi and smuggling it into the country without paying customs duties, but he was never tried. Dozens of other criminal cases were filed against him and many dragged on till his death. In one case, he was accused of illegally importing gun parts from Spain for his factory, which had a licence to make guns only with local materials.<ref name="nyt" />

==Death==
Dhirendra Brahmachari died in a plane crash, along with his pilot, when they hit a pine tree on June 9, 1994, while landing at his religious retreat and yoga school in [[Mantalai]].<ref name="nyt" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}
http://www.eng.vedanta.ru/library/brodov/Vasily_Brodov_Russian_Philosopher_and_Yoga_Practitioner.php

== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gZpf_FGj8o ''Sukshma Vyayam'' (A better way to health)], film by N.S. Thapa, Films Division of the Indian Government, 1950 - a film about yoga exercises featuring Dhirendra Brahmachari
* [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/10/obituaries/dhirendra-brahmachari-yoga-master-70.html nytimes.com]

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