- Indra Devi
Indra Devi (Latvian: "Eiženija Pētersone" ("Indra Devi");
May 12 ,1899 –April 25 ,2002 ), [cite news|last = Aboy|first = Adriana|title = Indra Devi's Legacy|publisher =Hinduism Today |date = 2002|url = http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/2002/10-12/52-54_indradevi.shtml|accessdate = 2008-09-13] born as Eugenie Peterson inRiga ,Livonia , was an early disciple ofSri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya , and herself became a renownedyoga teacher. Born inRiga , she also acted in some Hindi films.Born in Riga to
Vasili Peterson , a Swedish bank director andAlejandra Labunskaia , a Russian noble woman, Eugenie attended drama school inMoscow as a girl and escaped toBerlin with her mother ascommunists came to power in 1917. In Berlin, she became an actress and dancer. Her fascination withIndia began at 15, when she read a book by poet-philosopherRabindranath Tagore and some yoga books later. In 1927, she sailed for India.Upon moving to India she disguised her Baltic roots by adopting a stage name that would sound Hindi and spiritual (using "dev", the Hindi root for "god") and acted in Indian films. In 1930, she married
Jan Strakaty , a commercial attache to theCzechoslovak consulate inBombay .In 1982 she moved to
Argentina . In 1987 she was elected president of honor of theInternational Yoga Federation http://www.internationalyogafederation.net (former International Yoga Teachers Federation) and Latin American Union of Yoga under the presidenceship of Swami Maitreyananda atMontevideo ,Uruguay . She died inBuenos Aires .References
External links
* [http://www.fundacion-indra-devi.org/english.html Indra Devi foundation]
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