On the occasion of the 5th International Yoga Day, series of events were witnessed in the State Capital. A total of 40,000 people gathered in the Prabhat Tara Ground in a mega show led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, various programmes associated with Yoga Day were organised with much zeal and enthusiasm all around the state.
SAIL continued with its yearly tradition of celebrating Yoga Day at the community hall of SAIL Satellite. The event which was administered by Karuna School of Yoga saw the participation of around 100 SAIL employees along with their friends and families.
The officials and workers of HEC, under the leadership of CMD MK Saxena, participated in a yoga session held at Jagannathnagar club, Sector-3. Meenu Saxena, co-ordinator of Women’s Committee of HEC alongwith several other members of the committee, was also present at the event.
MECON hosted a 2-day Mass Yoga Demonstration in association with Sanjay Kumar Purvey, Atma Darshan Yoga Kendra from June 19- June 20 which comprised of poster making and slogan writing competitions for its employees. In addition to this, several MECON employees went to the Prabhat Tara ground to perform yoga asanas.
CMPDI organised Yoga Jagrukta Shivir at Rabindra Bhawan, CMPDI to celebrate International day of Yoga with the motto ‘Swasth Sharir, Swasth Vichar’. Meeta Saran, Chief Guest started the function by lighting the lamp.
The Zonal Manager and officials of NPCC along with their staff raised awareness worldwide about the benefits of Yoga in daily life. Amrit Kumar Sinha, Zonal Manager, NPCC urged people to practice Yoga to enjoy mental and physical well being.
Central Bank of India also carried out practice sessions in the light of International Yoga Day. Ajay Kumar Singh, Regional Manager advised all the employees to adopt Yoga in their day to day lives, reminding them of the motto, ‘Yog Bhagaaye Rog’.
RS Mahapatra, Director, CCL and Parineeta Singh, HOD, Department of Yoga, Ranchi University, along with others, performed Yoga at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in collaboration with Ramkrishna Mission Ashram. During the programme, children from various villages of Jharkhand showcased yogic postures with immense dedication and concentration. A yoga competition was also organised wherein students selected at the Block level, participated.
Vikas Bharti Bishunpur conducted yoga camps in all 24 districts of the state. The camps were set up in schools, PMKVY centres and at various Skill Development centres.
Ranchi Railway Division also did not leave any stone unturned to celebrate Yoga Day. Railway officials as well as staff from Ranchi, Muri, Hatia, Bano, Lohardaga, etc. became a part of the same.
Sports and Health Fitness Committee of Gymkhana club, Ranchi organised a yoga session presided over by Rishi Ajatashatru, a yog-guru from the Art of Living wherein a total of 60 club members took part.
In addition, the residents of Madgul Habitat Residents Society, Kanke Road arranged a yoga sitting which started at 7 a.m. by lighting the lamp by a senior member of the society, Mrs. Saroj Jain.
Several schools around the city took part in the celebrations in their own unique ways. Taurian World School had conducted a Yoga competition from June 18 – June 20 which saw a large number of students and staff members as participants. A display of attractive posters demonstrating various postures of Yoga was exhibited in Oxford Public School.
Sarla Birla Public School organised an event with the theme ‘Yoga for Heart Care’ on June 21, which started with the utterance of Om and culminated with the peace mantra ‘Sharve Bhavantu Sukinah’. In DAV Kapildev, students and teachers performed various asanas and pranayama. Several screens were also installed for the same.