125-year old Swami Sivananda - PM Modi bow down before each other at Padma award function

New Delhi: Walking bare feet in the palatial Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan, 125-year-old Swami Sivananda received a standing ovation when he received the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.

Before receiving the award, the yoga practitioner prostrated before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President, receiving another round of applause from the guest at the civil investiture ceremony.

Returning the greeting, Prime Minister Modi promptly bowed and touched the ground.

Before reaching the dais, the yoga guru, dressed in white kurta and dhoti, knelt twice again, and the President stepped out and helped Sivananda rise to his feet, after which he handed over the award and the citation.

While presenting the award, the President was seen talking to the Swami as the two posed for pictures with the Darbar hall echoing with the applause.

Swami Sivananda has dedicated his life to the welfare of human society.

His simplest ways of disciplined and well-regulated life with early morning Yoga, oil-free boiled diet and selfless service to mankind in his own way have given him disease-free and tension-free longest life. He demonstrates his life as an exemplary lesson rather than preaching.

Born on 8 August 1896 in Sylhet district (now in Bangladesh) of undivided India, Swami Sivananda lost his mother and father at the age of six. Due to abject poverty, his beggar parents could feed him mainly boiled rice water during his childhood days.

After the funeral rites, he was brought to his Guruji's Ashram at Nabadwip in West Bengal. Guru Omkarananda Goswami brought him up, imparted all practical and spiritual education including Yoga without school education.

He has been a positive thinker throughout his life. 'The world is my home, its people are my fathers and mothers, to love and serve them is my religion'-- this has been his belief.

He is chasing that mission till today to serve the underprivileged in different parts of the country - in North East India, at Varanasi, Puri, Haridwar, Nabadwip and so on, according to the Rashtrapati Bhavan document on Padma awardees.

[blackant]

125 year age and still he can bend and walks by himself...hats off 🚩🚩🚩this is the power of yoga📈

[avvamamingo]

His discipline, innocent eye melt my heart, ..

[rudrakhuntia]

125 years and still this much strong. Yoga has it's power🔥

[edmzfrs]

As a Christian from Mizoram state, even if i had 1000 life.. I want to live in India 1000 times.

[nilnull]

125! He looks healthier and younger than most 75 year olds! Hats off to his lifestyle.

[shjeula]

what respect he shows....to are the ppl who should be alive and ruling the world

[bobbyfischer]

That's the power of true Hinduism. Purely Healthy 😍🙏🏻

[truthcatcher]

The respect he shows to the country is unbelievable... What a culture! No wonder it survived when other civilization was doomed. Jai Hind 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳

[ajeeteshmishra]

And I got to meet him today. Truly amazing soul. He bowed down when I touched his feet and offered him a garland. Unbelievably humble person

[anilseth]

I have seen this video several times. Each time I wonder as to how God creates such humans who tell us many things about life without uttering a single word. Guru Ji lots of respects and regards. You cannot be described in words

[Sanatan_in]

Oo my goddd...125 years old😊😊..This shows us the power of yoga😊

[pavithraprince]

125 year he 3 times down knee and head touched floor what respect he gave everyone...that the power of yoga...his lifestyle 👍 amazing amazing...great inspiration ❤️👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[manojsethu]

No words to describe, Proud of such humbleness from a 125 year old Legend 😇

[kashiyadav]

आज की युवा पीढ़ी को इनसे बहुत कुछ सीखना चाहिए यह है हमारा भारतीय संस्कार

[pari]

Wow amazing! Glad the PM ji stood up for him ❤from USA 🇺🇸 Make peace go vegan 🙏

[deshkibaatjantakesath]

ऐसे महान संत को कोटि कोटि नमन. 🙏🙏.
इतनी विनम्रता, सादगी महान शख्सियतों में ही हो सकती है!अद्भुत. 🙏🙏

[coorgabhi]

125 yrs old can't believe man, a great salute to swamy ji

[lk]

salute to shri Swami Sivananda ji....such humility...and still walking comfortably at 125 yrs old is commendable....1 in million reaches this age

[destroyer]

I have watched this video thousand times.
And it makes me cry.
Innocence and pure heart. Reflecting for everyone to see
People of olden times show our place, where we stand in values. What a sad decline.
Can we ever bring back those olden times

[aditya-]

धन्य हैं हमारी भारतीय सभ्यता ऐसे बुजुर्गवार और उनकी पावन संस्कृति प्रभु बाबू जी आपका सदैव स्वस्थ्य प्रसन्नचित्त और दीर्घायु करें l