With just five days left for the celebrations of the first International Yoga Day (IYD), preparations are now going on in full swing. Talking with The Pioneer, Baba Ramdev’s close aide Acharya Balkrishan said India has begot Yoga. “It has nothing to do with religion being a tradition and formula of healthy living. Yoga teaches us to unite and not to fight,” he said, adding that Patanjali Yogpeeth has decided to stage camps at 200 major cities across the country. For this, a team of five yoga teachers has already been formed in each of them, he said.
Ayush department of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare along other Central Government departments is now engaging to make the celebration a memorable one. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch the celebration in Delhi. Being a celebrated centre of the long-thriving Indian spirituality with yoga being its important component, Haridwar is gearing up to rise to the occasion with shining colours.
Patanjali Yogpeeth becoming the cynosure of the world aspiring for healthy life sans medicine is leaving no stone unturned to live up to its reputation. Over 2,000 selected trained members of Patanjali Yogpeeth will reach New Delhi by the end of this week to perform the Yoga with Baba Ramdev. He added he himself and his dedicated team are now busy in compiling a book titled World Yoga Encyclopedia which would be released on 21 June.
Notably, Governor of the Goa Mridula Sinha had visited Patanjali Yogpeeth last week and talked to Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishan over the celebration of the day. Chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Vishwa Vidyalaya Pranav Pandya said that a gathering will perform Yoga under the supervision of DSVV Yoga teachers at Raj Bhawan, Dehradun.
He added the followers of Gayatri Family will also perform Yoga in every district of the Uttarakhand. On 21 June, Yoga will be organised across the state from 6:45 to 9:30 am. Besides, Gayatri Family will celebrate International Yoga Day (IYD) in 25 countries across the world, including latvia, Tanzania, Kenya, Malaysia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Canada, America and UK. The followers of the Gayatri Family have already reached their assigned countries to lead the celebrations, he added.
On the other hand, head of Parmarth Niketan, Swami Chidanand Muniji is also supervising the preparations of the grand jamboree. Similarly, Maharashi Patanjali Trust is also now busy to project its credentials as a centre of excellence in terms of Yoga on the day the people of the whole world would pledge to pitch for Yoga as a means for living healthy, sans medicines.