Mr. Modi is not the first Indian leader to promote yoga. Indira Gandhi was so devoted to heryoga instructor, Dhirendra Brahmachari, that he accompanied her family when it traveled, andbecame known as the “flying guru.

莫迪不是第一个推广瑜伽运动的印度领导人。英迪拉·甘地(Indira Gandhi)对她的瑜伽教练迪伦德拉·婆罗马恰里(Dhirendra Brahmachari)非常信任，以至于当她的家人旅游时，他也会陪伴同行，因此还有了一个“飞行大师的称号。

At events, Mr. Modi often shares the dais with Baba Ramdev, who presides over an ayurvedicmedical empire and has preached against influences he describes as foreign, among them theEnglish language, chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Mr. Naik, the yoga minister, himself learnedyoga through the R.S.S., and said he hoped that the widespread practice of yoga would lowerrates of violent crime.

在各种活动中，莫迪经常与巴巴·兰德弗(Baba Ramdev)同场演讲。此人经营着一个阿育吠陀医学帝国，鼓吹反对英语、化学农药和化肥等事物，并称它们是“外国的影响。主管瑜伽的部长奈克是通过RSS学会瑜伽的，他希望瑜伽的普及可以降低暴力犯罪率。

“You see these rapes happening, all these bad habits. When he is doing something positive, thebad will be out of him, he said.

“你看到会有强奸案发生，人们有那么多坏习惯。当人们做积极的事情时，就会摆脱那些坏事情，他说。

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