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Swami RamdevSwami Ramdev is an IndianHinduswami(saint). He teaches yogaand claims to have cured many diseasesthrough various asanas. He has been appearing regulary on various Indian television channels since 2002. His TV programme Yoga-Made-Easy-Through-Pranayam telecast on "AASTHA TV" has a large viewership.
PranayamaThe Pranayamprogram as taught by Swami Ramdev consists of the following six key breathing exercises (in sequence):
ControversyIn the month of March 2005, about 113 workers employed by the Divya Yog Mandir Trust, Kankhal, Haridwar, owned by Ramdev started an agitation for minimum wages and for coverage under the Provident Fundand Employees' State Insuranceschemes. At a tripartite meeting, an agreement was reached between the workers, management and the district administration, the agitating workers were thrown out by the Trust and false cases were hoisted on them. Though their case was taken up by a trade unioncontrolled by Communist Party of India (Marxist), they are yet to be reinstated. As part of their agitation, Brinda Karat, a CPI(M)leader, called a press conference to explain the un-healthy labour practices in the pharmaceuticalcompany. She also accused the pharmacy of using animal parts in the manufacture of their ayurvedic medicines which were marketed as herbal medicines. Though Ayurvedic texts allow the user of such substances in the manufacture of some of the ayurvedic medicines, this violated, according to Brinda Karat, the laws related to proper labeling of medicines. The controversy reached a flash-point in January 2006, when Brinda Karat produced a laboratory report supporting her claim that Divya Yog Pharmacy, owned by Ramdev, was using human and animal bones in his medicines. She claimed that a sample of the medicine (Kuliya Bhasm and Yauvanamrit Bati, purchased from Brahmakalp Chikitsalay, which is the Trust's hospital at Haridwar) was tested at government labs which later confirmed the presence of animal materials in the sample. She exhibited the prescription and cash receipt obtained from the medicine counter in support of her claim.1 It was also reported in the media that Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, confirmed that the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biologyin Hyderabadhas found DNAof human origin in the samples.2 The charges were denied by Ramdev and his followers who in turn accused Brinda Karatand CPI(M) as anti-nationals and as agents of multinational pharmaceutical companies. Notes
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