Nagpur, 21 June
(HS): Thousands of people in Nagpur performed Yogasan on Saturday at Yeshwant
Stadium to mark the International Yoga Day. The event was organised by the
Nagpur Administration and Nagpur Municipal Corporation.
Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari, MLA Pravin Datke, Police Commissioner Dr Ravindra Kumar Singhal,
Municipal Commissioner Dr Abhijit Chaudhari, President of Janardan Swami
Yogabhyasi Mandal Ram Khandwe, former Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, Additional
Commissioners Vasumana Pant, Vaishnavi B, Ajay Charthankar, and many
officers participated in the programme, based on the theme of ‘One Earth, Yoga
for One Health’.
A song to
generate awareness about Yoga, oath taking to make Nagpur Drug-free through ‘Mission
Thunder’ were part of the Yoga Day programme. Bharat Delikar, an NMC employee
who won a gold medal in the Asian Yoga Championship, was felicitated by Gadkari.
District Yoga
Association’s Anil Mohgaonkar and Sandip Khare, with their teams staged
demonstrations on Yoga.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar
