INDIA'S OLDEST, ACTIVE YOGA TEACHER DIES AT 99

According to BBC reports, India's oldest exponent and teacher of yoga, V Nanammal, has died at her home near Coimbatore, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.  .She was 99 and still teaching a hundred students a day until a few months ago.  Born into an agricultural family, she was taught yoga by her father.   She went on to master more than 50 postures or asanas, and trained more than a million students - hundreds of them now yoga instructors themselves around the world.  Known affectionately as "Yoga Grandma", Nanammal received the Padma Shri - one of India's highest civilian honors.  See photos of
V Nanammal at  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50194850www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50194850