Popularly known as Yogaratna Delampady has succeeded in conducting free yogasana training camps to improve the health of more than Three and half lakhs people in and around Mangalore. *He started yoga learning in 1971 and started free yoga teaches [camps] in 1983.* Name Gopalakrishna Delampady Parents Name Patel Krishnayya Katooraya & Smt. Parijatha Date of Birth 14.03.1958. Place of Birth Delampady, Kasargod District, Kerala State Mobile No 9448394987 Email ID gopalakrishna.delampady@gmail.com Education • Primary education at Delampady & Sullia • Graduation at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore. • Sr. Health Inspector course Post Held: Worked as Senior Health Inspector in Mangalore City Corporation Office for a period of 27 years and took Voluntary Retirement in the year 2008. Yoga Gurus: > Sri Puttappa Joshi of Sullia > Sri Guru Chidananda of Vittal Also guided by Sri Raghavendra Swami, Malladihalli ACHIEVEMENTS: Started free yoga camps since 1983. > Conducted more than 2500 yoga camps and shows. *Teached free Yoga for more than 3 & half lakhs people

From 18.03.2020 Free Online yoga clasess in three batches in a day ] 25000 people learned > Himalaya Yoga Olimpiad at Bangalore in 2003 and students under his guidance won more than 11 prizes. > Selected as Team Manager of Mens National Level Yoga Competition held in 2004. > Referee for National and International Level of Yoga. > Programmes conducted in Namma TV, Spandana and Muktha Channel. BOOKS WRITTEN • Yogasana to Protect Health. • Yogasanas for Women (Brochure) • Which Yogasana for which Disease(Brochure) • Yogasana Margadarshi (Brochure) • Yoga Arogya.[Yoga for Students] • Articles written in dailies, weeklies and monthly magazines. HONOURS RECEIVED • “Yogaratna” in the year 1999 conferred from The Sanskrita Sangha of St. Aloysius College, Mangalore. • “Outstanding Youth Person” award from Delampady Spoorthy Youth Clun (R) (2000). • “Udyog Shresta Prashasthi” award from Rotary Club Mangalore (2006). • “Yogacharya” award from Dr. Rajkumar Smaranartha, Bangalore (2006). • “Karnataka Yogaratna” award from Karnataka Yoga Association, Bangalore (2008). • “Dasara Yoga Siri” award from Govt, of Karnataka, during Mysore Dasarostava (2008). • “Dakshina Kannada Jilla Rajyostava Prashasthi 2008” • “Yoga Kala Kaustuba” by Vishwa Samskruthi Kendra, Mysore (2009) • “Yoga Kala Praveena” by Dr. Rajkumar Smaranartha, Bangalore during Yogasana Championship (2010). • “Vishwa Yoga Nidhi” by Swami Vivekananda Vishwa Prakruthi Yoga Foundation(R) (2010). • “Yoga Thajna” SGS International Yoga Prathishtana Vidyalaya and Samshodana Organization (2010). • “Pathanjali Maharshi Award” by Bangalore Shiva Jyothi Kenda and Guru Jyothi Kendra (2011) • "Ananda Yogi Award by South Yoga Federation (2013) SGS International Yoga Foundation College & Research Center Bengaluru awarded “Yoga Chethana” in 2014. Acted as a Judge for National Level Yoga Olympiad organized by S-VYASA Yoga University & Chaitanya Yoga Center Shiva Jyothi Yoga Kendra Bangalore & Adithya Sai Yoga Kendra have jointly conducted Yogotsava & awarded “Mudra Ratna” in 2015. Awarded “Yoga Kalaputra” award in 2018 for Nationall Level Yoga Competition held in memory of Dr. Rajkumar Awarded "Yoga Bhaskara" in 2019 by Shri Prasanna Veeranjaneya Kendra of Bangalore • Honoured by Sh Pejavara Vishweshwara Thirtha Shripadangalavar, Dr. D. Veerendra Hegde, Dharmadhikari, Dharmastala and Sri Sri Sri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swamiji, Odiyuru Sri Sri Sri Gurudevananda Swami, Kateel Sri Laxminarayana Asranna. Not only him, but his family is also involved in yoga including his wife and his 2 sons.. Elder son is a doctor specialised in Endocrinology, presently working in Sharjah and his wife is working in father mullers…and second son has completed his MS Automobile engineering in Germany and presently working in Germany along with his wife… Encouragement is necessary: It is a duty of all of us to encourage Sri Delampady who has been spreading the knowledge of Yogasanas selflessly. If there is proper support Sri Delampady will certainly popularize 'Yoga' throughout the country and even in the foreign countries. ADDRESS:- Yogaratna Sri Gopalakrishna Delampady Rtd. Sr. Health Inspector International Yoga Refree Parijata', 2/72-5, Bishop Compound, Yayyadi Padavu, Konchadi Post, Mangalore – 575 008 Mail. gopalakrishna.delampady@gmail.com Web: www.delampady.com Mobile - 9448394987