The Bharat Swaviman and Patanjali Samiti, Ganjam district took out a Padayatra here on Sunday to sensitise the public about the benefits of doing yoga.
The procession led by Samiti coordinator Jagannath Panigrahi and lawyer Pabitra Kumar Nayak began from the Kothapeta Jagannath temple. The body also declared to organise yoga camp from Tehsil level to gram panchayat level in Ganjam district through out the year to hell people avoid many diseases.
On the occasion, the Samiti members garlanded statues of Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das, Netaji Subhas Bose, Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das and Mohatma Gandhi.
The members pledged to make the programme ‘Disease-free India’, initiated by yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balakrushna Acharya successful.
Many yoga teachers and voluntary activists from Rangeilunda block participated in the rally.