Make yoga part of life: CM Khattar to people

Tribune Reporters

Chandigarh, June 21

On the occasion of the International Day of Yoga on Sunday, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar performed yoga at his home here and greeted the people of Haryana on this occasion. He practiced yoga for an hour in the morning and performed various yoga asanas. This year, amid the Covid pandemic, the theme of the day is “Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family”.

Later, speaking on the occasion, Khattar said the state government had been organising the International Day of Yoga event at a large scale every year since 2015 under which district-level programmes were also organised apart from the state-level programme wherein scores of people used to collectively perform yoga and also inspired others to adopt yoga in their life. But this year, due to the Covid pandemic, instead of organising programmes and events people have been urged to practice yoga at their homes as this is the only effective way through which we could defeat the pandemic.

‘Har ghar yoga campaign’ by NSS, NCC units

Kaithal: The International Day of Yoga was observed by the NSS, NCC units and the Sports Department of RKSD College here under the ‘Har ghar yoga campaign’ on Sunday. The volunteers performed yoga at their homes with their families and registered themselves on the portal of Higher Education, Haryana, by filling their details and uploading their yoga photographs. Principal Sanjay Goyal played the lead role and he himself performed yoga at his residence with his family.

200 from JC Bose university take part in yoga session

Faridabad: JC Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, here observed the International Day of Yoga online on Sunday. About 200 participants performed yoga in the session arranged by the university on the digital platform following the Common Yoga Protocol issued by the Ministry of AYUSH. The event was organised by the office of Dean, Student Welfare, with the help of the Alumni Association and technical support provided by university’s Community College for Skill Development (CCSD).

Kurukshetra varsity VC congratulates people

Kurukshetra: Kurukshetra University Vice-Chancellor Dr Nita Khanna while congratulating everyone on the International Day of Yoga said, “Yoga is our ancient tradition based on scientific concepts. The entire world is following yoga for maintaining healthy body and sound mind. The credit for bringing this heritage of our country to international fame goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yoga today is accepted as a global mantra of healthy life.”

Sainik School cadets made aware about yoga

Karnal: The International Day of Yoga was celebrated at Sainik School, Kunjpura, under the slogan “Yoga at home, yoga with family”. An online yoga session as conducted for the cadets, through which the cadets were made aware about yoga postures, pranayam and meditation. They were also trained to lead a stress free life and rejuvenate the natural phenomenon.

Over 72,000 participate in online session

• To mark the International Day of Yoga, the Department of Higher Education organised a live yoga session via the department's official Facebook handle
• An official spokesman said under the guidance of Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar, a daily contest was held on the line of this year's theme 'Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family' for college and university students of the state
• To participate in the contest, the students had to register on a toll-free number by giving a missed call and join the live yoga session organised by the department
• A total of 25,357 missed calls were received on the department’s toll-free number, along with a total of 72, 000 participants in attendance for the live session out of which around 16,000 participants completed the entire session

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