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Description	B. K. S. Iyengar in Natarajasana
Author or copyright owner	not known
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Light on Yoga, Thorsons (HarperCollins) edition Immediate source: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Light-on-Yoga-by-B-K-S-Iyengar/9788172235017
Date of publication	By 1991 (this edition)
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	B. K. S. Iyengar
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Show Iyengar in his signature yoga pose, Natarajasana, as stated by yoga scholar Elliott Goldberg, who suggests that Iyengar "saw himself as Nataraja's avatar" and "clearly (sometimes desperately) wanted us to see him as the incarnation of Nataraja". The presence of the image in the article allows readers to judge for themselves how true Goldberg's claim may be.(Goldberg, The Path of Modern Yoga, 2016)
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Photos of Iyengar as a yoga guru will all still be in copyright.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The image is the only non-free image in the article. It is used both cropped and at reduced resolution.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The image has now been in use for over 30 years and is widely available on the Web at better resolution, for example at the linked source.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of B. K. S. Iyengar//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iyengar_in_Natarajasana.jpgtrue

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	B. K. S. Iyengar in Natarajasana
Author or copyright owner	not known
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Light on Yoga, Thorsons (HarperCollins) edition Immediate source: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Light-on-Yoga-by-B-K-S-Iyengar/9788172235017
Date of publication	By 1991 (this edition)
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Natarajasana
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Show Iyengar using the pose as a signature of the type of modern yoga that he practised, as stated by the yoga scholar Elliott Goldberg. Goldberg further states that Iyengar saw himself as Nataraja's avatar, and that he made the asana the representative pose of the late 20th century. The presence of the image allows readers to judge for themselves how true Goldberg's claim may be.(Goldberg, The Path of Modern Yoga, 2016)
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Photos of Iyengar as a yoga guru will all still be in copyright.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The image is the only non-free image in the article. It is used both cropped and at reduced resolution.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The image has now been in use for over 30 years and is widely available on the Web at better resolution, for example at the linked source.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Natarajasana//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iyengar_in_Natarajasana.jpgtrue

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