India to celebrate International Yoga Day tomorrow

Preparations are on in full swing across the country and abroad to celebrate the International Day of Yoga tomorrow. Theme of the Day this year is to connect the youth. The main event of Yoga celebration will take place in Chandigarh where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate. The Common Yoga Protocol will begin at 7 am and last for 45 minutes. In the run up to the celebrations of International Day of Yoga, rehearsal of Yogasanas were held at Rajpath and other places in the national capital yesterday.

In Mumbai, people cutting across all age are getting ready to perform in their best vigor for the International yoga day. Various academic institutions, women’s groups, senior citizen enthusiasts clubs have been training their members with regular yogasana sessions every day. 

In Himachal Pradesh, the celebrations for second International Yoga Day have begun at various places with Yoga run and Yoga camps in schools. In capital Shimla, a preparatory Yoga camp was organized yesterday at Raj Bhawan under the guidance of Governor



Acharya Devvrat. 

The Goa government has decided to appoint yoga trainers in primary and high schools. Addressing a press conference in Panaji yesterday, Chief Minister Lakshmi Kant Parsekar said, these yoga trainers will be appointed on contractual basis. He clarified that yoga classes will not be compulsory and facility will be provided as per school demand.

Hundreds of thousands of Yoga lovers from Britain to Australia rolled out mats yesterday to practice complex Yoga postures. High Commission of India and the Indian government's Tourist Office in London, in collaboration with 14 British Yoga institutions organised the day-long event at Potters Fields Park, near the iconic Tower Bridge. Over 10,000 people from all walks of life participated in various Yoga and meditation sessions. 

In the United States of America, Indian classical dances and demonstration of popular Yoga asanas on the lawns of magnificent US Congress are being practiced as part of week-long International Day of Yoga celebrations.