Refuting Vikram Chaudhary's claim, Swami Ramdev said either government of India should get the patent or it be given to his Patanjali Ashram.
SHIMLA: Protesting effort by an NRI in the US applying for patent of yoga, Swami Ramdev on Tuesday said either the government should get the patent of yoga or it be given to his Patanjali ashram.
"How can any Tom, Dick and Harry, who has no knowledge of yoga, can get patent of yoga, the century-old traditional knowledge of India," Ramdev said.
An NRI Vikram Chaudhary has applied for the patent of the yoga.
"Either the government of India get the patent of yoga or it be given to our Patanjali yoga ashram, a trust which had significantly contributed in popularising the ancient science in the country and also abroad," the yoga guru, who is here to start a week-long yoga shivir from May 17, said.
Ramdev lamented efforts of "greedy babas" and other profit-making organisations to make money through yoga.
The yoga guru said his ashram would shortly bring out a book which could be of benefit for treatment of different complicated disease like cancer and kidney related ailments.
"The book would shut the mouth of those seeking proof of my contention that yoga can cure many a complicated disease like cancer and AIDS," he added.
"People and even union health minister had raised doubt when I had said cancer could be cured through yoga, but now even experts of famous John Hopkin Hospital in the US has supported my contention," Ramdev claimed.
Ramdev will embark on a three-month long foreign tour to the US, South Africa, Dubai, Singapore and Nepal to hold 'yoga shivirs' there. He said his Patanjali yoga ashram intended to open a branch in every state capital.
Ramdev said a yoga university would be built in Himachal Pradesh within three years for teaching of the traditional science.
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