After the death of Padma Shri Shivanand Baba, his body was brought to the Durgakund Ashram in Varanasi late at night. Here his disciples told that Shivanand Baba's last rites will be performed today (Sunday) at Harishchandra Ghat.
Yoga Guru Padmashree Shivanand Baba died in Varanasi on Saturday night at the age of 128. According to the doctors of BHU hospital, the yoga guru breathed his last during treatment at 8.30 pm. He was admitted to BHU for three days due to ill health. After his death, his body was brought to the ashram located at Durgakund late at night.
The disciples at the ashram said that Shivanand Baba's last rites will be performed today (Sunday) at Harishchandra Ghat. Let us tell you that Yoga Guru Padmashree Shivanand Baba was awarded Padmashree in 2022. Baba lived in Kabir Nagar of Durgakund.
PM Modi bowed down and saluted him
Shivanand Baba was awarded the Padma Shri in the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan on 21 March 2022. During this, 125-year-old Shivanand Baba came wearing a white dhoti-kurta and greeted PM Modi. After which PM Modi also stood up from his chair and bowed to Shivanand Baba with folded hands. After this, Shivanand Baba bowed and greeted the then President Ram Nath Kovind. After which President Kovind raised him with his hands. After that he was honored with the Padma Shri award.
He used to do yoga even at this age
Actually, Swami Shivanand's ashram is in Kabirnagar of Durgakund. Even at this age, he used to practice yoga regularly. Also, he used to attribute his good health to disciplined routine, yoga-pranayam and consumption of home remedies.
Used to recite Srimad Bhagavad Gita
Shivanand Baba used to say that he was born on 8th August 1896 in Haripur village of Sylhet district of present Bangladesh. Shivanand Baba used to wake up every day at 3 am and after taking bath etc., he used to recite the Srimad Bhagavad Gita translated in Bengali.
Shivanand Baba never fell ill
It is said that Shivanand Baba never fell ill. In the year 2019, when he was medically examined at Apollo Hospital in Kolkata and Chennai, he was found to be completely healthy. According to Baba, yoga is the reason for his long life. He had told that he does Sarvangasana every day. After doing it for three minutes, he also does Shavasana for one minute.
I ate boiled food all my life
A disciple of Shivanand Baba told that he did not even eat fruits or milk. He would only eat boiled food, which had very little salt. After eating porridge made of barley, potato chokha and boiled vegetables for dinner, he would go to sleep by 9 pm.
Sleeping on a mat with a wooden pillow
Shivanand Baba used to climb up and down 30 stairs twice daily. He lived with his disciples in a small flat in an old building. He used to sleep on a mat in the balcony at night. Baba's disciples told that where we all used to get troubled by the heat, Baba used to sleep without AC even in extreme heat and also did not use a blower in the cold. He used to make a pillow from a wooden slab to sleep on. He had not even married.
