Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has filed his application form online for participating in 2nd International Yoga Day to be organised in Chandigarh on June 21.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be the chief guest in the ‘International Yoga Day’ programme to be organized in Chandigarh this year, said an official spokesman.
He said that with the concerted efforts of Prime Minister , Yoga has got recognition at international level. like the previous year, the programme this year would also be telecast all over the world.
The spokesman said that the State Government has decided to celebrate the ‘International Yoga Day’ on June 21 as ‘Yog Utsav’ in the state. A training programme would be organized at Parade Ground in Panchkula from June 12 to June 14 from 5 am to 7 am where master trainers of Yoga would impart training as a part of the ‘Yog Utsav’. Apart from this, a full dress rehearsal would also take place at Chandigarh on June 19.
During last year, 5.70 lakh people performed Yoga in Haryana on June 21. As a result of this, Chandigarh has been chosen for the national level programme. More than 10,000 participants would represent Haryana in this international level Programme, he added.