Rishikesh-based Divine life Society president Swami Nirliptananda Saraswati Maharaj on Tuesday inaugurated Swami Chidananda Yoga Centre at the Sivananda Centenary Boys’ High School near Khandagiri in the presence of Puri Gajapati Maharaja Divyasingha Deb.
The yoga center named after Swami Chidananda Saraswati Maharaj was constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 2 crore which various institutions and individuals contributed.
The center comprises an indoor auditorium on the ground floor with a seating capacity for 1,000 persons and a spiritual-cum-cultural library and a meditation room on the first floor.
Yoga classes, spiritual, moral and ethical training camps for students and teachers of other schools and colleges will be organised here, informed school development committee’s joint secretary Swami Jagannathananda Saraswati.
The Gajapati Maharaja, who is the chairman of the school development committee, expressed hope that the centre would help mould moral, ethical and spiritual character of the students.
Among others, Swami Sachidananda Saraswati and MlA Ashok Chandra Panda spoke on the occassion.