Modern Indian guru repackaged Western spiritualism as brand of Yoga Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) Born 12 January in 1863 Calcutta, West Bengal British India, the Datta family named him Narendranath.

From Eastern outreaches to Western spiritualism, the forerunner of Modern Yoga Keshub Chandra Sen (1838-1884) Born 1838 into an affluent Hindu family from Gariffa village on the bank of the river Hooghly in Calcutta, West Bengal British India.

Neo-Vedantic Romantic who made pure heart alone and scientific religion reachable for everyman Debendranath Tagore (1817-1905), during his lifetime was called Maharishi (“Great Sage”), was born in Calcutta in West Bengal, British India, to a wealthy land-owner family, and died 1905 in Calcutta.

The way Modern Yoga has been practiced throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is worlds apart from all the forms of classical Yoga.