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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)
Mangaluru, Jun 21: A mass Yoga programme was held on Friday, June 21, at town hall here under the aegis of Dakshina Kannada district panchayat, Nehru Yuva Kendra and District Ayush department as part of International Yoga Day.
Mangaluru south MLA Vedavyasa Kamath, Mangaluru north MLA Bharath Shetty, Dakshina Kannada district panchayat president Meenakshi Shantigodu, vice president Kasturi Panja, district health officer Dr Ramakrishna, District Kannada Sahitya Parishad president Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, Nehru Yuva Kendra district coordination officer Raghuveera Suterpet, home guard Dakshina Kannada district commandant Dr Muralimohan Choontaru, various college representatives Santhosh, Dr Pravin Kumar, Vivek, Ayush organization president Gopalakrishna Nayak and others took part in the programme.
MLA Vedavyas Kamath inaugurating the celebrations of Yoga day said that Yoga is helpful for physical and mental health and to get relief from mental strain. “The country received Yoga through Patanjali sage thousands of years ago. It has received recognition from the United Nations and Yoga day is being celebrated every year on June 21. It is a matter of pride for Indians.”
Environment friendly items were released as part of Yoga programme.
Alva’s Naturopathy College students Vinaya, Swasti Rai, Shruthi Rao, Amratha and Chaitra Shetty were honoured and congratulated. Yoga expert Gopalakrishna Delampady and pupils performed mass Yoga exercises.