In Memoriam: Yogacharya Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar December 14, 1918 - August 20, 2014 | iHanuman

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In Memoriam: Yogacharya Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar December 14, 1918 - August 20, 2014

Official Obituary Announcement

Life Sketch Written by Richard Jonas

 

News Stories

BBC News Indian Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar Dies

New York Times including Video Remembrance by William J. Broad.

Wall Street Journal Article Yoga Guru B.K.S. Iyengar Dies in India

The Washington Post: Obituary: B.K.S. Iyengar, 95; Worldwide Creator of Iyengar Yoga

NPR: Weakened by TB and Malaria, Iyengar Took the Yoga Cure

The Gardian: Yoga Guru Dies at 95

The Light of Yoga Philip Goldberg Interfaith Minister, author of 'American Veda: How Indian Spirituality Changed the West'

Washington Post: Famous Guru BKS Iyengar Has Died

Huffington Post: The Light of Yoga by Philip Goldberg, Interfaith Minister, Author of American Veda: How Indian Spirituality Changed the West

Time Magazine

CNN Video : Father of Modern Yoga Dies

ABC News: B.K.S. Iyengar's Influence on US Yoga Studios Flows On 

B.K.S. Iyengar a shining star of Yoga: Siddaramaiah 

Kripalu Thrive Blog Post "Remembering B. K. S. Iyengar, a Man Who Was Once the “Anti-Advertisement for Yoga”

WQXR Blog: B.K.S. Iyengar, Yehudi Menuhin's Guru, Has Died

The Atlantic: The Amazing Contortions of BKS Iyengar

Washington Post: Passing of Yoga Giant Revives Debate. Are Yogis After Inner Peace or Tighter Glutes?

Personal Accounts

My Body is My Temple, Asanas are My Prayers Video A film montage of yoga demonstrations by Yogacharya Sri BKS Iyengar over the years. Music: Mere Gurudev. Musicians: Cecily Palzewicz (voice), Mihal Palzewicz (cello), Jarvis Chen (piano). Part of a film tribute to BKS Iyengar shown during his 2005 Light On Life tour of the United States.

New York Times Interview with Senior Iyengar Teacher, Carrie Owerko, of the New York Iyengar Yoga Institute, What is So Special About Iyengar Yoga?

A Vedic Astrologer's Death Chart for Mr. BKS Iyengar

Father  Joe attends the funeral service of Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Poem Written by Lisa Wolford, Intermediate Senior Iyengar Teacher in Los Angeles

BKS Iyengar, My Teacher by Judith Hanson Lasater

Senior Iyengar Teacher, John Schumacher on Mr. Iyengar's Passing

Remembrance of BKS Iyengar, Richard Rosen

Sharath Jois, Grandson of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Shares Mr. Iyengar's Mysore Connection 

The Yogi Who Became a Global Brand 

Indian Express: Nivedita Joshi, who runs the Iyengar Yoga Centre Yogakshema in New Delhi, on her guru late BKS Iyengar.

The New Yorker : Iyengar and The Invention of Yoga

Richard Freeman, Ashtanga Yogi, The Yoga Workshop

Francois Raoult: Meeting and Journeying with SRI BELLUR KRISNAMACHAR SUNDARAJA IYENGAR 1918-2014

Richard Schachtel: Seattle Yoga Times: Five Lessons I Learned from BKS IYengar

FlipBoard of 58 Articles, Images and Videos by Fernando Garcia Aquinaco

Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Bobby Clennel, My Journey With Guruji: Lessons and Reflections

Yoga International: Remembering B.K.S. Iyengar

Playlist of Iyengar Yoga Videos

Walk the Talk with Yogacharya BKS Iyengar:

 Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-chief, The Indian Express spoke to the Yogacharya about his life and the wonderful world of yoga.

Samadhi - BKS Iyengar

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