The International Yoga Day will be observed on a grand scale in Madhya Pradesh. The main programme would be held at lal Parade Ground in Bhopal on June 21 with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan set to perform ‘asanas’ to mark the occasion. The Madhya Pradesh government has made elaborate arrangements for making the event a grand success by ensuring presence of large number of students, an official release issued on Saturday said.
Students of class VII to XII of government and private schools, Ayurvedic, Unani, Homoeopathy, Allopathy, medical colleges, nursing colleges, agriculture colleges, veterinary colleges, engineering colleges, polytechnics, ITIs, B Ed/DEd/ BP Ed colleges and universities will participate in it. The chief minister will also perform Yoga exercises along with others, it said.
Yoga institutions, NSS and NCC cadets, police personnel, government servants, voluntary organisations, commercial and industrial establishments among others are also expected to participate in the event. Yoga training for participants, who are likely to take part, has started at Government Yoga Centre, Shivaji Nagar. Besides, 31 Yoga institutions of Bhopal have also given consent to impart training.
With government of India deciding that Surya Namaskar would not to be perform during the event it is expected now that those oppose to the program due to their religion compulsions would also join in and the vent would become a mega event. Notably, the government has decided that on June 21, during the International Yoga Day Program Surya Namaskar will not be performed as it is a tough posture to do.