The Art of living Foundation (AOlF) will help the Odisha Government organise the International Day of Yoga (IDY) when India will celebrate the second IDY on June 21.
The AOlF, set up by Sri Sri Ravishankar, has opened a Centre of Higher learning in the State.
The Union Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) has informed the State Government about its decision to rope in services of the AOlF and the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Samsthan (SVYAS), which is a university, to guide the State with technical support in this regard.
This year, yoga will be performed in the States at the State, district, block and panchyat levels. There will be yoga festivals, workshops, seminars and musical and cultural programmes.
Educational institutions will be involved as the students from schools, colleges and universities and various youth organisations will be roped in for the IDY-2016.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of AYUSH has developed a Common Yoga Protocol, which will be handed over to the State Governments.
The University Grants Commission, the Bharat Scouts & Guides, the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and the National Service Scheme and other such organisations will participate in the IDY.
The AYUSH Ministry has also asked several handicrafts and handloom PSUs to provide yoga mats produced from local materials.