Yoga has many practitioners in the West and several Hollywood celebrities such as Adam Levine and Julia Roberts have endorsed it. Indra Devi is credited with introducing Yoga to the West. Which country did she belong to?
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Yoga has many practitioners in the West and several Hollywood celebrities such as Adam Levine and Julia Roberts have endorsed it. Indra Devi is credited with introducing Yoga to the West. Which country did she belong to?
a Nepal
b Russian
c India
d USA
The correct answer is :
b. Russian
Explanation :
Indira Devi was originally from Russia and came to India to learn yoga and then became a yoga teacher. She has widely promoted Yoga all over the world, especially in the West.
Indira Devi was born on 12 May 1899 in Russia. Her real name was Eugene Zhenya. In 1917, after the situation of civil war in Russia, she moved to Latvia, after that she went to Poland and started working as a dancer there. In 1926, when she heard the recitation of mantras in Sanskrit at a meeting of the Theosophical Society, she was very impressed with Sanskrit mantras. Then she decided that she would go to India. After coming to India, she learned yoga and then she completely devoted herself to yoga and India. He promoted yoga in the West and taught yoga to many Hollywood stars.
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