A three-day fun-filled festival Odisha Yoga Mahotsav is slated to start at the Janata Maidan here from March 24.
The Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department (SSEPD) of Odisha in collaboration with the Union Ministry of AYUSH and the Department of Yogic Science of the Sri Sri University would be organising the fest.
The event aims to take science of handling the mind and emotions to a large population along with the senior citizens, transgenders, Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and victims of drug abuse.
The Mahotsav will be showcasing yoga through dance, music and food apart from yoga and meditation.
SSEPD Director Mansi Nimbhal said the Mahotsav is not just about asanas but about all the techniques and the knowledge that help bring balance in one’s mind and body.
Besides yoga, competitions for children and youths, yoga with live band, yogathon challenge, ayurvedic cooking classes, special seminars and special interesting sessions as ‘Yoga for Addicts’, ‘Yoga beyond Gender’, ‘Yoga for Management of Stress among adolescents’ would be organised during the event.
Attraction of the event is “Ananda” “Shikhar” “Mitahara” which will be held over the three days respectively, where actor and Kathak dancer Prachee Shah Pandya and flutist Srinibas Sathpathy will perform with other artistes.
Different organisations including the Art of living, the Brahmakumaris, the Patanjali Yog Peeth, the Chinmaya Mission, the North Odisha University etc would take part in the Mahotsav, said Nimbhal.