nThe overwhelming participation of people in yoga demonstration held at multiple locations of Chhattisgarh on the occasion of fifth International Yoga Day, earned a place in the Golden Book of World Records.
Representative of Golden Book of World Record Alok Kumar handed over the provisional certificate of the new world record of Chhattisgarh to Raipur Mayor Pramod Dubey.
On instructions of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, group yoga demonstration programmes were held in all the district headquarters, schools, colleges, urban bodies and gram panchayats of the state, wherein nearly 60 lakh people practiced yoga under the guidance of expert yoga instructors.
In the main event held at Sardar Balbeer Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium of capital city Raipur, nearly 600 people including school students, public representatives and senior officials participated in the group yoga demonstration session. Raipur Mayor was the chief guest of the programme.
Yoga camps were also organised in all the district headquarters of the state.
In the programme held at Durg district, Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu participated as chief guest. In Kawardha district, Minister Mohammad Akbar was the chief guest, Minister Kawasi Lakhma in Sukma, Minister Umesh Patel in Raigarh, MLA Shailesh Pandey in Bilaspur, MLA Vinod Chandrakar in Mahasamund, MLA Gulab Kamro in Gariaband, MLA Shishupal Sori in Kanker, MLA Mohan Markam in Jagdalpur, MLA Chandan Kashyap in Narayanpur, MLA Brahaspati Singh in Balrampur, MLA Dr Lakshmi Dhruv in Dhamtari, MLA Ashish Kumar Chhabra in Bemetara, MLA. Ambika Singhdeo in Koriya, MLA Narayan Prasad Chandel in Janjgir, and President Jila Panchayat Devchand Matlam attended the event held in Kondagaon as chief guest.