In the run-up to the International Yoga Day on June 21, the Government is organising a three-day International Yoga Fest 2017 from March 8 here to be attended by a battery of eminent yoga gurus like Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev and Dr HR Nagendra, yoga consultant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chancellor of Bangalore-based S-Vyasa University.
Parallel workshops by eminent yoga masters, lectures and special yoga techniques are some of the features of the mega event being organised by the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), under the Ayush Ministry, in collaboration with Indian Yoga Association (IYA) and NDMC.
Dr Basava Reddy, Director, MDNIY, said the mega fest, a curtain raiser for International Day of Yoga (IDY)- 2017, aims to sensitise the people regarding celebration of the D-day. This is the second annual Fest in the series being hosted at Talkatora Indoor Stadium on March 8-9 followed by workshops at the premises of MDNIY at Ashoka Road on March 10 by leading gurus of different schools of yoga.
There will also be sessions on meditation, mudras, Isha music, Sanskrit chanting, reiki, Indian philosophy and much more, Dr Basava Reddy said.
Yoga gurus like Sri Sri Ravishankar, Swami Baba Ramdev, Dr Pranav Pandya, Geeta Iyengar, OP Tiwari, Hansa Jayadeva, Swami Bharat Bhushan, Swami Chidananda Muni, Yogacharini Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani, Yogacharya, S Sridharan, Sister Shivani, Dr MV Bhole, Swami Ritawan Bharati are among many others from the fraternity who will attend the event.