{"id":10280,"date":"2019-10-26T21:09:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T16:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/10\/india-yoga-inspirational-teacher-v-nanammal-dies-at-99\/"},"modified":"2019-10-26T21:09:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T16:09:33","slug":"india-yoga-inspirational-teacher-v-nanammal-dies-at-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2019\/10\/26\/india-yoga-inspirational-teacher-v-nanammal-dies-at-99\/","title":{"rendered":"India yoga: Inspirational teacher V Nanammal dies at 99"},"content":{"rendered":"<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <\/p>\n<p>Media playback not supported on the device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media captions<\/span>Nanam Says Conversation With BBC In 2017 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">India&#39;s oldest index and yoga teacher, V Nanammal, died at home near Coimbatore, southern Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<p>She was 99 years old and teaches 100 students a day until a few months ago. <\/p>\n<p>Born in a farmhouse, I learned yoga from my father. <\/p>\n<p>She has learned over 50 different postures or asanas and trained over a million students. Hundreds of students are now yoga instructors around the world. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>                    V Nanammal (right) was famous for her trademark pink sari.<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nanam horse, known for his affection as &quot;Yoga Grandmother&quot;, received Padma Shree, one of India&#39;s best civilian honors.  <\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">India celebrates International Yoga Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She became a popular figure on YouTube in her later years and still performed the most powerful yoga position on the trademark Pink Sari.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image narrative-video-placeholder\" src=\"http:\/\/umang.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1572107497_236_India-yoga-Inspirational-teacher-V-Nanammal-dies-at-99.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Media playback not supported on the device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media captions<\/span>Inspiration of 8 famous yoga poses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A week ago, she fell out of bed and has not been feeling well since then. Family sources were quoted as speaking at the PTI News Agency in India.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with BBC News in 2017, Nanam Malik rated her health as her daily yoga routine.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Health is your priority and everything is achievable,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media playback not supported on the device Media captionsNanam Says Conversation With BBC In 2017 India&#39;s oldest index and yoga teacher, V Nanammal, died at home near Coimbatore, southern Tamil Nadu. She was 99 years old and teaches 100 students a day until a few months ago. 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