More than 1,600 pregnant women in Rajkot set a new Guinness record on the International Yoga Day by performing a special kind of pre-natal yoga on Tuesday.
By successfully doing pre-natal simultaneously, the pregnant women in Rajkot broke a world record set by around 900 pregnant females by taking part in Group Yoga.
Confirming the development Rajkot District Collector Vikrant Pandey said that the Yoga performance of pregnant females was done under the observation of over 100 doctors and guidance of Yoga trainers from Haridwar in Uttar Pradesh. According to Pandey, the attempt would be done seriously to popularise pre-natal Yoga for the benefit of pregnant ladies.
“Criterion of Guinness book of world records were followed in order to create new world record. It required participants who would have pregnancy of at least 12 weeks. Against the requirement of 30 minutes session, the pregnant ladies in Rajkot performed Yoga for 47 minutes. All the essential approvals were taken from Guinness administration. We will send videography and other important document to register females of Rajkot as new record holder,” said the collector.
Meanwhile over 1.25 crore people voluntarily performed Yoga across the State including Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and Governor OP Kohli in Gujarat on Tuesday to mark International Yoga Day.
Yoga performances were organised at over 40,000 different locations in the State. The main function was organised at GMDC Ground in Ahmedabad where nearly 70,000 people assembled to perform Yoga at around 6.30 in the morning. The Chief Minister and Governor were also did Yoga at the venue.
On this occasion, CM Patel said that as a result of Yoga Day celebration people across the globe connected with the feeling of brotherhood. Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said that because of PM Modi’s effort, people world over come to know about the power of Yoga and its benefits.
Nearly 8000 school children created ‘Yoga human chain’ on the tune of ‘Sare Jahan Se Achcha Hindustan Hamara’ at the GMDC ground.
Yoga was also performed at the tallest mountain of Gujarat – Mount Girnar, UNESCO’s world heritage site Rani-ki-Vav, State’s only hill-station Saputara and other interesting places.