List of Iyengars

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Iyengars are an ethnoreligious group with origins in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">B. K. S. Iyengar</span> Indian yoga teacher who brought yoga as exercise to the Western world

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar</span>

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