New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the main event of International Day of Yoga celebrations to be held at Prabhat Tara, Ranchi on June 21 where 30,000 people are expected to participate in the main event.
On June 13, there will be a curtain raiser to the main event at Ranchi, which will be attended by several state dignitaries, besides the yoga organizations and yoga gurus.
Ministry of AYUSH is the nodal Ministry for observation of International Day of Yoga across the country. It has successfully organized several programmes during the last four years in connection with IDY. This year also, several small and big events are being planned on the occasion of IDY.
The Ministry has requested the stake-holding Ministries and Departments of the Centre, state governments and other related institutions to work in a coordinated manner to observe the International Day of Yoga (IDY) on June 21, 2019, in accordance with national priorities, in order to secure long term gains in the area of public health and well-being.
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Taking note of the immense and well-documented rewards of Yoga for holistic health and well-being of the population, most of the stake-holding Ministries and Departments, state governments and other institutions have initiated activities to make the observation of IDY well participated event. Industry bodies like CII, FICCI, Institute of Company
Secretary, as well as educational bodies like CBSE, NCERT, UGC, DAV have already rolled out various programmes in preparation of IDY, an official statement here on Saturday said.
In addition to this, the Ministry is encouraging all individuals and institutions - including educational institutions, government bodies, business firms, industries and cultural organizations to join IDY for the benefit of their employees, members or other stake-holders.
The thrust of the IDY observation on June 21 is on harmonious mass Yoga demonstrations, in which millions of people participate, at thousands of venues. To ensure that the Yoga demonstrations of such large groups take place in a harmonious fashion, some of the most accomplished yoga gurus of India came together and developed the Common Yoga Protocol (CYP).
This is essentially a specified sequence of Yoga Asanas of 45 minutes' duration. CYP has been designed keeping people of different age-groups and of varied walks of life in mind. It is also expected that those who get trained in CYP are likely to develop a taste and attitude for yoga, and hence may pursue it in the long term. Free video and e-book giving details of CYP are available for download from the Ministry of AYUSH website. The Ministry is also distributing these through various partnering organizations.
One of the highlights of IDY observation in India is the announcement of the Prime Minister's Yoga Awards. The awards are being given away each year for exemplary contribution towards the development and promotion of Yoga.
There are four awards to be given away in two categories-- Prime Minister's award for outstanding contribution towards promotion and development of Yoga at National Level (two), and Prime Minister's award for outstanding contribution towards promotion and development of Yoga at International Level (two).
The Ministry received about 200 applications for the same this year, and these are being processed in accordance with the laid down procedure.