Dhirendra Brahmachari - "Yogāsana Vijñāna: The Science of Yoga"

Swamiji settled in New Delhi and first became the teacher of the then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and later mentor to his daughter, the future Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her family. In 1970, his second book Yogasana Vijnana was published, undoubtedly the best work ever written on the correct practice of Yoga postures. Due to his incredible abilities and realisations, he quickly became famous and a “political figure”, as Indira Gandhi placed great value on his advice. He maintained large Ashrams in Delhi, Jammu, Katra, Lucknow and Mantalai, a small mountain village in Kashmir, and thousands of people were taught and inspired by him. In 1981, when he was asked by newsmen whether he intended to depart from this world like his Guru Maharshi Kartikeya, who entered Maha-Samadhi in 1953 at the age of 336, he replied, “I would very much like to do so, if I don’t die in a plane crash.” In 1988, he informed the public of his great disappointment that almost all people practised Yoga very superficially and that of all his numerous followers and disciples, none were really ready to become a Yogi, whereupon he withdrew completely. Swamiji spent longer periods with him in Mantalai and instructed him in the seclusion of the mountains to cement his Yoga foundation, which had been laid in 1979. In early June 1994, he announced his final departure from this world at the Ashram in Delhi, and a few days later, on 9 June 1994, he crashed in a small single-engine plane on a mountainside near Mantalai (Jammu & Kashmir)