Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya Bhopal under the guidance of Ministry of Culture, Government of India is celebrating International Day of Yoga by organizing a campaign titled ‘Yoga is an Indian Heritage’ as a part of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav". The program was organized at 75 cultural heritage places with active participation of all the institutions/bodies of the Ministry. In view of the current pandemic situation, the number of participants has been 20.
In the first part of this program, Yoga was practiced under the guidance of Yoga Guru Sushma Chandekar. In the beginning of the program, Chandekar while highlighting the importance of Yoga said that Yoga is gradually taking a centre stage in everyone’s life for its proven role in physical, mental and spiritual happiness, being globally acknowledged. it imperative to disseminate and promote its importance .we should do yoga every day
In the second part, under the small cultural program, Yoga song by Rajshree Barve, “Tan Mana Jeevan chalo sawaren yog marg aapnaye, After this, in sitar playing, "Jyoti Kalash chhlke " and then played a tune on Deshkal. And in the Deshkal raga, gave the presentation of Madhya Laya Gat and Jhala. In this musical performance Sri Lakshmi Kant on dholak and Ravi Rao on tabla accompanies. Director Dr Praveen Kumar Mishra said in his message that Yoga is a signifies the intangible cultural heritage of humanity for the whole world. By doing yoga, a person gets health benefits both physically and mentally. Yoga not only strengthens the muscles, but also increases vitality in the body and strengthens the internal organs. As well as a broad balance the nervous system. Yoga provides relief from mental stress and mental concentration.