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Iyengar's Birthday description: He is credited with introducing the Western world to the ancient Indian practice canonical: https://time.com/4147188/bks-iyengar-google-doodle-97th-birthday/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-14T02:50:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:40.892Z og:title: New Google Doodle Celebrates Life of Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar og:description: He is credited with introducing the West to the ancient Indian practice og:url: https://time.com/4147188/bks-iyengar-google-doodle-97th-birthday/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10902fc18ed0833f/6988752e2dce0128199e6ef7/screen-shot-2015-12-14-at-10-31-23-am.png?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-12-14 at 10.31.23 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Google Doodle Celebrates Life of Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar twitter:description: He is credited with introducing the West to the ancient Indian practice twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10902fc18ed0833f/6988752e2dce0128199e6ef7/screen-shot-2015-12-14-at-10-31-23-am.png?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Google Doodle Marks Indian Yoga Guru B.K.S. Iyengar's 97th Birthday ## Video: We Tried This: Aerial Vinyasa Yoga [Watch (HLS stream): We Tried This: Aerial Vinyasa Yoga](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/68PN7sJl.m3u8) (1:28)  _Published 2012-08-20. A total body workout while you hang from a hammock._ by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 14, 2015 2:50 AM CUT  Google by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 14, 2015 2:50 AM CUT His name is synonymous with one of the world’s most widely practiced disciplines, and yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar is being celebrated accordingly with a [Google Doodle](http://www.google.com/doodles/bks-iyengars-97th-birthday "undefined") on what would have been his 97th birthday. The interactive doodle shows the renowned master in various yoga poses within Google’s logo and is meant to characterize the “tremendous control and discipline, which he exercised in ways not limited to confoundingly long headstands,” the company said. Widely credited with introducing the West to the ancient Indian tradition — primarily through his tutelage of famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin — Iyengar was included in TIME’s list of the world’s [100 most influential people](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1970858%5F1970910%5F1972051,00.html "undefined") in 2004\. He continued to practice and teach “Iyengar Yoga,” as it came to be known, well into his 80s and almost right until his [death](http://time.com/3148230/yoga-guru-bks-iyengar-dies-at-95/ "undefined") in 2014. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4147188/bks-iyengar-google-doodle-97th-birthday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4147188/bks-iyengar-google-doodle-97th-birthday/"},"headline":"New Google Doodle Marks Indian Yoga Guru B.K.S. 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