SUN SALUTATION (SURYA NAMASKAR/ सूर्य नमस्कार). . . .

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 · 20 Mar 2022

Sculpture of the 12 asanas of a form of the “Sun Salutation/ सूर्य नमस्कार)” in the arrival area of ‘Indira International Gandhi Airport’, Delhi, India. (figures sculpted by Nikhil Bhandari) !

SUN SALUTATION (SURYA NAMASKAR/ सूर्य नमस्कार). . . .

Sculpture of the 12 asanas of a form of the “Sun Salutation/ सूर्य नमस्कार)” in the arrival area of ‘Indira International Gandhi Airport’, Delhi, India.
(figures sculpted by Nikhil Bhandari) !

• The precise origin of the ‘Sun Salutation Vinyasa’ is uncertain, but the sequence was made popular in the early 20th century by Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi, the Rajah of Aundh, and adopted into yoga by Krishnamacharya in the Mysore Palace, where the Sun Salutation classes, not then considered to be yoga, were held next door to his yogasala.
• Pioneering yoga teachers taught by Krishnamacharya, including Pattabhi Jois and B. K. S. Iyengar, taught transitions between asanas derived from the Sun Salutation to their pupils worldwide.