Yoga guru Ramdev has announced setting up of a Patanjali Yogpeeth branch at a cost of USD 4.5 million to benefit thousands of yoga enthusiasts in North America.
The centre will be built on a 60 acre plot in Rosenberg in Texas and will provide Americans treatment by Haridwar based Patanjali Yogpeeth through yoga and Ayurveda closer to home.
Amidst a thunderous applause, Ramdev, clad in his trademark saffron attire, announced this during a yoga camp attended by over 2,000 people here.
The attendance at the George Brown Convention Center camp which began at 6.00 am on Wednesday, a busy weekday, exceeded expectations and the organisers are hoping for a far greater turnout at the weekend.
Ramdev last month said he was finalising plans to set up a first such centre in China. The Patanjali Yog Peeth, a research centre in Haridwar which Ramdev co founded does research on yoga and Ayurveda and provides treatment and training in the field.
The yoga guru last month held a novel yoga camp aboard luxury cruise liner Super Star Virgo with 950 people from over 15 countries.
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center is hosting an educational programme on Patanjali Yoga with a presentation by Baba Ramdev, who became popular with his televised yoga camps and has lakhs of fans across the globe.
By www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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