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AADI YOGA SCHOOL The circular seal of Aadi Yoga School has a five petalled lotus supporting a human in yoga posture and a Ramanandi Tilak. It is surmounted by its full name and supported by its name in black. All these are ensconced by a circle with a thick orange outline. The lotus refers to purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty and the colour orange denotes energy, vitality, creativity, inspiration, joy and happiness.

RAMANANDI TILAK   Ramanandi, also called Ramavat, in Hinduism, a Vaishnavite (devotee of the God Vishnu) follower of Ramananda, a religious and social reformer of the 15th century. Ramanandis worship Vishnu’s avatar (incarnation) in Rama as the one true god. Although Ramananda had no particular wish to found a sect, he continues to inspire a great number of sectarian adherents, including ascetics ho have numerous North Indian monasteries. The Ramanandi movement owes its popularity to the saint Ramananda who lived in Varanasi in the 14th century and influenced such popular Indian saints like Tulsidas and Kabir among others. Ramanandis wear ‘tilak’ as a two-pronged white fork with a red upward tapering stroke in the middle.