A strong 16,000 people will take part in the International Yoga Day celebration to be held at Nehru Stadium here on June 21. Besides main program at Nehru stadium, a large number of yoga camps would be organized all over the city on the same day to mark the occasion. During the occasion, trained yoga teachers and yoga experts will give performance of various yoga asans and will impart training of the same to the people.
To review the preparations for the international yoga day, a meeting was chaired here by the district collector P Narhari. While reviewing preparations for the yoga day, collector said last year a total of 50,000 people had taken part in the international yoga day which was the highest in the whole state, while this year, he said the number of people to take part in the international yoga day may swell one lakh.
Besides main program at the Nehru stadium, similar yoga programs will be organized at as many as 25 places in the district.
Talking about the program further, he said on June 21, the programme will begin at Nehru stadium at 6 am. It will be followed by recitation of the Madhya Pradesh song at 6.42 am. Thereafter, chief minister’s message on international yoga would be relayed from all India radio stations.
The main yoga program will begin at 7 am and will conclude on 8 am. Today’s meeting was attended by representatives from various social and cultural organizations of the city including the Bharat Swabhimaan Sangh, Sakalpanch Jain Samaj, Yog Shaktipeeth, Om Shanti Sansthaan among others.