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“Pranayam is the right science of breathing where deep, regulated and rhythmic breathing is done along with mental purification. Its practice plays an important role not only in cure of physical ailments, but also for moral and spiritual progress.”

Quote by Virchand Gandhi

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Virchand Gandhi
Virchand Gandhi

Virchand Gandhi was an individual active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with his profession and category currently unknown. He was born on August 25, 1864, and passed away on August 7, 1901. more

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