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Yoga Guru · Ācārya

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Teacher of Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, Desikachar, Indra Devi; a fountainhead of modern āsana.

Period: 1888–1989
Associated with: Mysore / Chennai
Tradition: Modern postural yoga
📿 Historically documentedDates and lineage below reflect scholarly consensus; confidence levels are shown for each link.Confidence: High

Lineage timeline (Paramparā)

The teacher-to-student transmission — oldest first, flowing down through the generations.

  1. Tirumalai KrishnamacharyaThis page1888–1989

  2. Students who carried it forward

  3. B. K. S. Iyengar1918–2014

    guru disciple · confidence High

  4. K. Pattabhi Jois1915–2009

    guru disciple · confidence High

  5. T. K. V. Desikachar1938–2016

    guru disciple · confidence High

  6. A. G. Mohanb. 1945

    guru disciple · confidence High

  7. Indra Devi1899–2002

    guru disciple · confidence High

  8. The next generation

  9. Geeta S. Iyengar1944–2018

    guru disciple · confidence High

  10. Prashant S. Iyengarb. 1949

    guru disciple · confidence High

  11. R. Sharath Jois1971–2024

    guru disciple · confidence High

  12. Manju Pattabhi Joisb. 1944

    guru disciple · confidence High

A guru–disciple link is shown only where historically supported. Traditional attributions are labelled and never presented as verified fact.

Traditions & lineages

Krishnamacharya Lineage

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