Editing Little Cumbrae (section)

==Ownership==
Little Cumbrae was privately purchased in 2003 and there were plans for its development as a memorial park, nature reserve and corporate escape.

The island was sold again in July 2009 for £2 million.<ref name="HLL">{{Cite web| publisher=HLL Humberts Leisure| title=Little Cumbrae| date=10 July 2009| url=http://www.humberts-leisure.com/86/article/81/page.html| access-date=12 July 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029003246/http://www.humberts-leisure.com/86/article/81/page.html| archive-date=29 October 2006| url-status=dead}}</ref> The buyers of the island, a Scottish millionaire couple of [[non-resident Indian|Indian origin]], Sarwan and Sunita Poddar, opened a [[yoga]] and [[meditation]] centre there with the help of yoga guru [[Swami Ramdev|Swami Baba Ramdev]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13967.html| newspaper=Pink News| title='Gay cure' yoga guru to set up centre on Scottish island| access-date=17 September 2009| archive-date=11 September 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911092816/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13967.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6825207.ece | newspaper=Times Online | title=Yoga guru sets up base on Scottish isle | access-date=27 September 2009 | location=London | first=Rhys | last=Blakely | date=8 September 2009 | archive-date=5 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005160942/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> There have also been rumours of the new owners planning to rename it "Peace Island", but those have been denied.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.brambleandbug.com/our-work/case-studies/little-cumbrae-island/| publisher=Bramble & Bug Ltd.| title=Plans about Little Cumbrae| access-date=10 November 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013100116/http://www.brambleandbug.com/our-work/case-studies/little-cumbrae-island/| archive-date=13 October 2009| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/weecumbrae/articles/2009/09/16/391901-wee-cumbrae-not-to-be-renamed-peace-island/ | publisher=Largs and Millport News | title=Little Cumbrae not to be renamed | date=16 September 2009 | access-date=10 November 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208040235/http://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/weecumbrae/articles/2009/09/16/391901-wee-cumbrae-not-to-be-renamed-peace-island/ | archive-date=8 December 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref>