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Academics claim that yoga will make students more centred and calm.

Kolkata celebrated international yoga day with fervor on Wednesday as professionals and fitness enthusiasts alike performed yoga asanas at multiple premises in the city to recognize the holistic benefits of yoga for individuals and societies.

Though not part of official celebrations on June 21, Bihar Yoga Bharati in Munger, the earliest institution to teach the traditional art, will organize special classes at 101 places in the district to mark the international yoga day.

When the world observes international yoga day on June 21, on an initiative by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at least 177 countries that supported it will participate in a 35-minute programme that has been devised for the purpose.

A travel web site has issued a list of the top spiritual destinations in India ahead of the first international yoga day coming up June 21.

Uttar Pradesh madrasa board on Tuesday instructed all Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) to ask all madrassas to perform yoga on the occasion of international yoga day 2023.

Yoga is not just about fitness or exercise, it is about changing one's lifestyle, Modi said.

Union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution and commerce and industry Piyush Goyal today attended the eighth international yoga day event organised at Purshottam Garden in Kurukshetra on Tuesday.

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The city is set to resemble a large yoga mat on Sunday as various institutes prepare to celebrate the first international yoga day. From Marine Drive to Santacruz, Bandra to Juhu, several centres are preparing to host elaborate displays and training sessions.

Shivanand Ashram, which is known for promoting yoga in the city, will celebrate the international yoga day with the underprivileged and the physically-challenged persons.

After Baroda University Teachers Association (BUTA), a senate member has also condemned MS University's decision to curtail vacation of teachers to mark their presence at the international yoga day on June 21.

While the directorate of education, by way of a circular, has instructed the managements of all high schools and higher secondary schools in the state to observe international yoga day on Tuesday, June 21, director of education G P Bhat, said it was not binding on schools to practise yoga on the day.

Haryana home and health minister Anil Vij said on Tuesday that effort will be made to open Yogshala (Yoga centres) in every village of Haryana and so far, one thousand Yogshalas have been made.

City schools observed the fourth international yoga day on June 21.

Morning walkers and fitness enthusiasts in the city started their day on Sunday with ‘pranayama’ and ‘asanas’ on the international yoga day. They also maintained the social distancing norms in view of Covid-19 pandemic.

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The Chennai-based Ramakrishnan, who is participating in a Yoga Day event at the Indian Consulate there, has been striking poses on city streets over the past week.

In a series of events being organised under‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, customs commissionerate, Ludhiana celebrated 8th International Day of Yoga 2022 on Tuesday.

international yoga day is celebrated annually on June 21st to spread awareness about the benefits of yoga and meditation worldwide. For the year 2023, the 9th year of international yoga day, the theme "Yoga For Vasudaiva Kutumbakam" has been selected, highlighting the message of One Earth, One Family, and One Future. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who proposed the concept of Yoga Day, will lead a yoga session from the UN headquarters on June 21, 2023.

Despite the incessant rain in the morning, the city witnessed a large gathering of people at various venues to commemorate the international yoga day.

Nearly 65,000 NCC cadets would participate in international yoga day programme at 176 venues spread across seven north-eastern states.

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