New Delhi/Dehradun: The country is all geared up to roll out yoga mats on Thursday to mark the fourth International Day of Yoga. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lead 55,000 enthusiasts in performing asanas in Dehradun.
In Dehradun, there is a massive deployment of security personnel in and around the Forest Research Institute, building up over the last few days. Nashik-based yoga promoter Vishwas Mandalik and the Yoga Institute in Mumbai have been selected for this year’s prime minister’s award for outstanding contribution in the field. The selection was done from among 186 nominations received under different categories.
PM Shri @narendramodi to lead 4th #InternationalDayofYoga celebrations in Dehradun: https://t.co/HW08Wl9tNg pic.twitter.com/e2Yg5vhoP0
— MIB India (@MIB_India) June 20, 2018
Reached Dehradun a short while back. Looking forward to the Yoga Day programme tomorrow morning at the iconic FRI campus at 6:30 AM. Here is a picture from the venue. pic.twitter.com/IfU6J1CrrG
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 20, 2018
Yoga is the journey from ‘me’ to ‘we.’ It promises balance, calm, helps boost concentration and gives immense strength.
As we approach the #4thYogaDay, I urge people around the world to make Yoga a part of their lives. pic.twitter.com/A4zk3ybNye
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 18, 2018
On the ocassion of #InternationalYogaDay , our PM Shri @narendramodi will be in Dehradun tomorrow; and he will be doing Yoga with 50000 fellow citizens at Doon’s Forest Research Institute Campus. We consider this opportunity as a blessing for our young state with an old soul.
— Trivendra S Rawat (@tsrawatbjp) June 20, 2018
Five thousand yoga events will be held in India, an AYUSH ministry official said, PTI reported. Eight events are planned in New Delhi alone with the main one at Rajpath, where Modi showcased a series of asanas on the first Yoga Day in 2015.
The biggest show in the country this time will be on the lawns of the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in the lap of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand’s capital Dehradun.
Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Suresh Prabhu, Uma Bharti, Ram Vilas Paswan, Ravi Shankar Prasad will be in Lucknow, Nagpur, Chennai, Rudraprayag, Hajipur and Patna respectively for Yoga Day, a BJP functionary said. Among other ministers, Ananth Kumar will be in Bengaluru, JP Nadda in Shimla, Narendra Singh Tomar in Gwalior, Piyush Goyal in Noida and Prakash Javadekar in Mumbai.
Around 50,000 yoga enthusiasts including women personnel from paramilitary forces like BSF, CRPF and CISF will participate in an event at Delhi’s Red Fort organised by the Brahma Kumaris.
Yoga sessions will be also held across the world to mark the day, picked by the United Nations to celebrate the ancient Indian practice that has spread across the globe. Indian missions abroad are also coordinating activities, officials said, to mark the UN day for which the country had lobbied hard.
In 2015, the yoga event on New Delhi’s Rajpath made it to the Guinness World Records with 35,985 participants performing asanas at one venue and 84 nationalities being part of it.
The United Nations General Assembly in December 2014 had declared that June 21 would be observed as International Day of Yoga every year.
(With PTI inputs)
Source: Zee News