The wax figure of yoga guru Ramdev was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Delhi on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. The statue depicts Ramdev in a yoga pose, showcasing his well-known association with the practice. This makes him the first Indian sanyasi (Hindu renunciate) to have a wax figure at Madame Tussauds New York, which is located in Times Square, Manhattan.According to reports, in 2018, Ramdev gave his photographs and measurements to the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London to a 20-member team to prepare his wax statue.
He also tweeted a series of photographs of himself at the museum, including a yoga pose of vrikshasan (standing on one leg), which is the current statue's pose as well.A 2018 report from the Times of India said that the yogi, after being hesitant initially, agreed to the idea "in the hope that the statue may arouse curiosity about yoga among international tourists”.Other Indians who have their wax figures at the New York Museum are Mahatma Gandhi, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan, Kareena Kapoor, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif.
List of celebrities to be featured in the Madame Tussauds museum across the world
Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Madame Tussauds Museum, London
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Madame Tussauds museum, New York
Salman Khan - Madame Tussauds museum, New York
Amitabh Bachchan - Madame Tussauds museum, London, Hong Kong, Bangkok,
Singapore, Washington DC, San Francisco, New Delhi
Shah Rukh Khan - Madame Tussauds, LondonS
achin Tendulkar - Madame Tussauds, London