Prayagraj, 05 July (HS): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

(RSS), Prayagraj South Division, organized a grand Surya Namaskar competition

on Sunday at Jwala Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College, Civil Lines,

Prayagraj. A large number of volunteers in Prayagraj South participated

enthusiastically, displaying impressive discipline, coordination, and unity. With

complete discipline, uniformity, and collective coordination, the volunteers

performed all ten positions of Surya Namaskar in a captivating manner,

accompanied by the rhythmic sound of the strikes on Pranava. The volunteers'

remarkable uniformity, rhythm, and coordinated presentation of each step

particularly impressed the crowd present.

Speaking on this occasion, Sunil Ji, co-provincial pracharak

of Kashi Province, said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh regularly

organizes such programs, whose purpose is to promote the physical,

intellectual, and moral development of volunteers, as well as to foster

enthusiasm, discipline, and organizational spirit in them. He added that the

Surya Namaskar competition is also an important means of achieving this

objective, through which volunteers develop health, self-confidence,

discipline, and a spirit of competition.

He said that sun worship and Surya Namaskar have held

special significance since Vedic times. In the Vedas and Indian culture, the

sun is considered the foundation of life, energy, and consciousness. When Lord

Rama was setting out to conquer Lanka, Maharishi Agastya taught him the Aditya Hridaya

Stotra. Through Surya Namaskar, we express our reverence, gratitude, and

respect for Lord Bhaskar and pledge to imbibe his ideals of brilliance, energy,

and a healthy life.

At the end of the Surya Namaskar competition, the

participants who performed exceptionally well were honored with mementos by

Malikyat Singh Bajwa, co-organizer of Prayag South region, Sunil, co-provincial

pracharak of Kashi region, and Ram Manohar, co-regional organization minister

of Vidya Bharati. Yash Pratap (Hanuman Nagar) won first place in the

competition by performing 411 Surya Namaskars, Shlok (Shivaji Nagar) won second

place by performing 410 Surya Namaskars, and Manvendra (Kalyani Nagar) won

third place by performing 395 Surya Namaskars.

The highlight of the competition was Parth Ji, an 8-year-old

volunteer from Kalyani Nagar, who captivated the attention of both volunteers

and guests by performing 310 consecutive Surya Namaskars. His extraordinary

performance at such a young age was met with enthusiastic applause from all. Among

the volunteers who performed more than two hundred Surya Namaskars, the

performance of Ramraj ji (Sheshadri Nagar), Shivprakash ji (Madhav Nagar),

Sahadev ji (Devprayag Nagar), Vikas ji (Devprayag Nagar), Suryansh ji (Lajpat

Nagar), Manas ji (Rajju Bhaiya Nagar), Pratyush ji (Keshav Nagar), Shreyansh ji

(Shriram Nagar), Sanjay ji (Devprayag Nagar), Shivaji ji (Sheshadri Nagar),

Vikas ji (Shri Krishna Nagar), Rampal ji (Lokmanya Nagar), Pawan ji (Shri

Krishna Nagar), Parth ji (Kalyani Nagar) and Piyush ji (Lajpat Nagar) was

particularly noteworthy.

Present in the program were Provincial Cow Service

Coordinator of Kashi Province Arvind Ji, Physical Head of Prayagraj Division

Shiv Prakash Ji, Department Pracharak Subandhu Ji, Department Ghosh Head

Avdhesh Ji, Department Service Head Veer Krishna Ji, Prayag South Division's

Part Incharge Manoj Sahu Ji, Co-Part Incharge Virendra Ji, Part Promoter Ankit

Ji, Part Physical Head Vivek Ji, Co-Part Physical Head Deepraj Ji, Part

Intellectual Head Satish Ji, Co-Part Intellectual Head Kunwar Ji,

Co-Arrangement Head Manoj Gautam Ji, Part Publicity Head Krishna Manohar Ji,

Saurabh Ji, Narendra, Vishnu Ji, Krishna Dutt Ji and City Incharges and

volunteers of the cities. The program concluded with Sangh prayer.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi