Haryana
State level program of International Yoga Day to be organized in Panipat
- 20 Jun 2023
- 3 min read
Why in News?
On June 19, 2023, Haryana Home, Health and AYUSH Minister Anil Vij informed the meeting of all the District Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of the State regarding International Yoga Day through video conferencing that the State level programme of International Yoga Day to be organized in Panipat district of the State.
Key Points:
- Apart from this, district level programs will be held in 21 districts of the state and Yoga Day programs will also be organized in 121 blocks.
- This year the theme of International Yoga Day is 'Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' and the tagline is 'Har Ghar-Aangan Yoga'.
- The AYUSH Minister said that according to the tagline of Yoga Day 'Har Ghar Aangan Yoga', the state government is also setting up yoga schools to take yoga to every village. Till now about 600 Yogashalas have been built.
- He instructed the Deputy Commissioners that for organizing the program of Yoga Day in a proper way, there should be an arrangement of uniforms, symbols, and yoga mats should also be there. Also, there should be a trained yoga assistant, who can perform yoga activities on the main stage and get other seekers to follow.
- Apart from this, the AYUSH Minister instructed the senior officers present in Chandigarh to send the minute-to-minute program to all the Deputy Commissioners. There should be a complete arrangement for display in the program organized at the district & block level because the address of the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister will be shown live.
- Yoga classes are going on in every city & block etc. of the state, so on the day of Yoga Day, all these yoga seekers gather at one place and practice yoga.
- Director General of Ayush Department Dr. Saket Kumar said that 5 to 6 thousand participants will participate in the state-level program, 3 to 4 thousand in the district-level program and more than 1 thousand participants in the block-level program.
- He said that this time the photo and video of Yoga Day can be uploaded through the 'Bhuvan Yoga' app.
