The Central University of Orissa (CUO) here celebrated the 3rd International Day of Yoga in a befitting manner at its landiguda campus. VC Prof Sachidananda Mohanty inaugurated the programme as chief guest and delivered the inaugural address.
Rama Krishna Mission, Koraput founder Dr Amulya Ranjan Mohapatra attended the programme as an yoga expert along with Birendra Prashad, retired yoga teacher, Central School, Raipur. Prof Mohanty said yoga is the best of India's ancient tradition and knowledge systems.
It ensures all-round health: physical, mental, moral and spiritual parts of our being.
The programme was started with the introductory address by Prof. Mohanty.
Dr Mohapatra delivered a lecture on benefits of yoga and recited his poems on yoga. He also demonstrated some simple asanas like padmasana, sokasana, sabasana, birasana, bhamari pranayam and kapalbhati for daily practice. Birendra Prashad too demonstrated various asanas for practice. He demonstrated Asanas like Kapalbhati for curing of diabetes, anulama bilama for blood pressure and Pranayams like Kumbhaka pranayam, Nadi shodha pranayam and Surya namashkar and explained how this Asanas and pranayams are helpful to strengthen physical and mental health and also in curing the different diseases.
He also described that yoga is a way to get moksh – the spiritual content in life. All the staff members and students of the university were present.