All the schools, colleges, industrial parks and roadsides along the Ganga canal turned into Yoga camp lots in the holy city Haridwar on Thursday. Yoga acharyas and students of Yoga were seen practising yoga asanas as per the International Day of Yoga protocol from 7 am to 7.45 am across the district. While majority of Patanjali Yoga Peeth volunteers headed for Dehradun to be part of the mega event where the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present SIIDCUl Industrial Association members celebrated the day in the SIA park in the morning.
‘laya Sangeet Yog’ was the major attraction of the event in SIA park where Acharya Yogi Rajneesh organised the yoga camp for the industrialists. The industrial units of Baba Ramdev also had their Yoga camps as per the protocols.
Speaking to The Pioneer, president of SIIDCUl Industrial Association Arun Saraswat said, “In all, 167 people, including the industrialists from 48 industries of SIIDCUl, participated in the morning Yoga. Members of Uttarakhand Marvari Pranteeya Sammelan along with their families also participated in the Yoga event. The disaster management officer Meera Kaintura attended the music meditation and special asan class along with her friends.”
K D Sharma, one of the participants from Akumssaid that they were all excited to perform yoga in the specially designed Yoga T shirts with SIA and IDY logo printed on them. “Yoga actually makes us stress- free. Stress being a common problem among the youths of the present time, it is important to fall back on Yoga to remain stress free even when we are involved in the hustle bustle of everyday life,” Aloke, a participant, said.