The Sivananda Yoga Vendanta Academy began celebrating a two-day 1st International Yoga Festival 2019 here from Saturday in which 142 women and 62 men contestants are participating.
School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash, Divine Life Society’s Rishikesh Swami Jagadananda Saraswati and bureaucrat Bishnupada Sethi inaugurated the programme and spoke about the benefits of yoga in one’s day-to-day life.
Among others, Academy Principal Prof Radhamohan Mishra, Director Dr Prasant Kumar Pradhan, Rajashree Mohanty, Smita Mohanty, Kanha Debjani
Patnaik and Smruti Piyush Sahu were present at the inaugural function.