Nehru Yuva Kendra to hold yoga programmes tomorrow

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To mark the International Day of Yoga, the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) would organise a State-level yoga programme here on June 21.

More than 5,000 youths from the youth clubs, the NCC, the Bharat Scouts and Guides and the civil society would participate on the yoga demonstration programme, said NYKS zonal director RPS Thakur.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is scheduled to attend as chief guest on the occasion. local MP Prasanna Patsani would be present as guest of honour.

The NYKS would also organise 10 district-level programmes on the day in Puri, Cuttack, Kendrapada, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Angul, Nuapada, Jajpur and Khordha.

The Sangathan has trained 25,120 youths in all 314 blocks of the State to hold yoga programmes at their villages, said Thakur.

He also said that yoga teachers have been identified from different organisations working in the Patanjali Yoga Pitha, the Art of living and other yoga ashrams.       

The NYKS is an autonomous body under the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Its objective is to create awareness among youths about their personal progress. 

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