There are more than 2,000 registered yoga and naturopathy practitioners across the country with Tamil Nadu having the highest number of such practitioners, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. “There are 2,034 yoga and naturopathy practitioners registered in various States and UTs of the country. The highest number of such registered yoga and naturopathy practitioners are in Tamil Nadu that is 751, followed by Karnataka which has 609 registered practitioners,” AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik said in a written reply to an unstarred question.
He said that as per the information given by the West Bengal govt, there are many <g data-gr-id="11">self educated</g> practitioners in the state but the specific figure is not available.