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{{Infobox person
| name = B.K.S. Iyengar
| image = BKS Iyengar.jpg
| caption = Iyengar on his 86th birthday in 2004
| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|12|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bellur (Kolar District)|Bellur]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Karnataka]], India)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|08|20|1918|12|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[India]]
| death_cause = [[Heart attack]] caused by [[renal failure]]
| occupation = Yoga teacher, author
| known_for = [[Iyengar Yoga]]
| spouse = Ramamani
| children = [[Geeta Iyengar|Geeta]]<br>[[Prashant Iyengar|Prashant]]<br>[[Sunita Tai|Sunita]]
| relatives = [[Abhijata Sridhar]], [[Hareeth Sridhar]] (grandchildren)
}}
'''B. K. S. Iyengar''', or '''Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar''' (December 14, 1918 - August 20, 2014) was an [[India]]n yoga teacher and writer. He founded the style of yoga known as "[[Iyengar Yoga]]". He was thought to be one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world.<ref name="igengar">Aubrey, Allison. "Light on life: B.K.S. Iyengar's Yoga insights". ''Morning Edition: National Public Radio'', 10 November 1995. [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4979052 (full text)] Accessed 4 July 2007</ref><ref name=gather>{{cite news | last = Stukin | first =Stacie | title =Yogis gather around the guru | newspaper =Los Angeles Times | date =10 October 2005 | url =http://articles.latimes.com/2005/oct/10/health/he-iyengar10 |accessdate=9 January 2013}}</ref>

He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1991, the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2002 and the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2014.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/padma-vibhushan-for-yoga-guru-iyengar-padma-bhushan-for-paes-gopichand-vidya-balan/article1-1176739.aspx ]</ref><ref>{{cite web | title =Padma Awards Announced |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=102735 |date=25 January 2014|accessdate = 2014-01-26}}</ref> In 2004, Iyengar was named one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] by ''[[Time Magazine]]''.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/2004/time100/heroes/100iyengar.html 2004 TIME 100 - B.K.S. Iyengar] Heroes & Icons, TIME.</ref><ref name="BKS">{{cite web |author=By B.K.S. Iyengar |url=http://www.yogajournal.com/views/1843_1.cfm |title=Yoga News & Trends - Light on Iyengar |publisher=Yoga Journal |accessdate=15 November 2012 |archive-date=31 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831043522/http://www.yogajournal.com/views/1843_1.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Iyengar died in [[Pune]], India from a [[heart attack]] caused by [[renal failure]], aged 95.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/yoga-guru-b-k-s-iyengar-dies-in-pune-hospital/article6333707.ece|title=Yoga guru B. K. S. Iyengar passes away|publisher=The Hindu.com|accessdate=August 20, 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==

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*[http://www.bksiyengar.com The official Iyengar website]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/highlights/010116_iyengar.shtml BBC World Service article and programme by Mark Tully]
*[http://docsonline.tv/?search=Leap%20of%20faith&type=title&docinfo=406 Leap of faith](2008, Trivedi & Makim) Documentary about the life of BKS Iyengar

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