Bengaluru, 20 November (H.S.) : Legendary Kannada film actor, singer Dr Rajkumar was not only a film fraternity member but also a Hatha Yogi of the highest order.
His lineage of Yoga connected him to Siddharoodha Ashram in Hubli.
Dr Rajkumar's mother Lashmamma was an ardent devotee of the Ashram and hence he was initiated to this lineage.
As a matter of fact in 1953 , prior to his travel to Madras to take part in the shooting of his maiden movie Bedara Kannappa, he had taken blessings from Gopalaswamy, the chief pontiff of the Ashram.
Dr Rajkumar and his wife Parvathamma Rajkumar performed special pooja and were blessed with a prophecy that in the next 20 years to come , Dr Rajkumar would reach the pinnacle of success and they would reconnect with the Ashram by providence.
In 1974 , the prophecy came true. For Honnappa Fakeerappa Naikar (HF Naikar) from Siddharoodha Ashram reached out to Dr Rajkumar at Madras .
Initially reluctant to accept the offer to join Hatha Yoga, Dr Rajkumar was floored by the promise of HF Naikar that practicing Hatha Yoga would make him look younger by at least twenty years. He accepted the offer with glee.
Soon the two began to spend quality time in Hatha Yoga practice. In a matter of years Dr Rajkumar was one of the best students of HF Naikar. In the year 1983, a special arrangement to show case his seen to be believed Hatha Yoga practice session was filmed as a prelude to in the movie Kaamana Billu. Special photo features of the session was published in leading Film Magazines and Weeklies of India . For the readers of the glamour pages and gossip news this content was out of ordinary and unbelievable. For sure there was a new image about Dr Rajkumar in the mind space of Cine lovers across India.
In the mid 1980s, Dr Rajkumar clan relocated from Madras to Bangalore was a blessing in disguise. The thespian had ample time to go deep in to the world of Hatha Yoga. Dr Rajkumar and HF Naikar would start the session at 4 AM in the morning and would end up by 7 AM .It was brilliant collaboration of the two practitioners of the Oriental Yogic sciences.
Each session the thespian practiced was absolute bliss. Many a times he would experience the awakening of kundalini.A lustre on his skin , a halo around him and a pungent smell around him was the ample proof of his state of mind.
Kundalini Yoga and awakening of Kundalini is a very powerful technique. But these days Kundalini Yoga teaching has become very commercial. It's possible only by a real Sadhaka to awken the Kundalini. As a matter of fact it takes years of practice to reach the pinnacle of Awakening Kundalini. Every time I have experienced Kundalini Awakening I feel light and there is a feel ofecstacy. It's like the caterpillar taking wings to become a Butterfly. It gives you the real chance of getting calmer and equinomity.
And for a film fraternity member it is very important to handle the professional and personal life with ease and grace .
And that's the precise reason I took up Hatha Yoga, the thespian had confessed with this writer during one of the conversation.
Hindusthan Samachar / Manjunath Chavan
