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Tieng Anh Vui
A spiritual leader who was due to lead a 1,500-strong yoga class was detained at Heathrow airport for eight hours, his supporters have said.
Swami Ramdevji, 47, who is also known as Baba Ramdev, was expected to lead the class in Glasgow on Monday.
But his supporters said he was stopped at Heathrow Airport on Friday.
Ramdevji was given a 24-hour visa and instructed to return to Terminal Five on Saturday afternoon, when supporters fear he will be told to leave.
The organisers of his visit said they have contacted Hindu temples throughout the UK asking for supporters to protest at the airport against the move.
Ramdevji reportedly has an 85 million-strong worldwide following and his own television channel in India.
He has run prominent campaigns in India, including hunger strikes, protesting against corruption in government.
A trust run by Ramdevji bought the island of Little Cumbrae just off the coast of Largs in south west Scotland and established it as a yoga centre two years ago.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: "We would not comment on individual cases."
Media reports in India said Ramdevji was detained because he arrived at Heathrow on a visitor's visa instead of a business visa.
His spokesman SK Tejarawala was reported as saying: "It was not clear why the yoga guru was detained for over six hours at Heathrow. He was not carrying anything with him except a small bag of personal effects.
"It is for the British authorities to explain why he was detained."
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