India gears up for Yoga Day

Jharkhand capital Ranchi will be the venue for the main event for International Yoga Day on 21 June and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attended it, AYUSH Ministry officials said today.

The event will be held at the Prabhat Tara ground and around 30,000 people are expected to participate in it, they said.

On 13 June, there will be a curtain raiser to the main event in Ranchi and it will be attended by several state dignitaries, besides yoga organisations and instructors.

The Ministry, which is the nodal body to oversee the annual celebrations, has organised several programmes since the inception of yoga day in 2015.

In Delhi, the main event will be at Rajpath and it will be organised by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in association with the Ministry.

Programmes will also be held at Red Fort, Nehru Park, Lodhi Garden, Talkatora Garden, Yamuna Sports Complex, Swarna Jayanti Park – Rohini and Dwarka Sector- 11 in the national capital.

The Ministry has urged all ministries and departments of the central government, all State governments and other related institutions to work in a coordinated manner to observe the day and secure long-term gains in the area of public health and well-being, the Ministry said in a statement.

State governments and all stake holders are undertaking several activities to ensure good participation in the yoga day celebrations, according to the statement.