4,000 enthusiasts to flock Gachibowli stadium to mark International Yoga Day on June 21

HYDERABAD: As the world gears up to observe the fourth International Day of Yoga on June 21, Hyderabad too is getting ready to join in the celebration this coming Thursday.
Preparations are on in full swing with several events lined up across the city to mark the day. Gachibowli stadium will be the hub of all activity, where the department of Ayush, Telangana government, will hold a mass yoga demonstration from 7am to 8am.

“Gachibowli stadium will be the ground zero of the International Yoga Day celebration. We are expecting participation of 4,000 yoga enthusiasts on that day,” said Dr A Malathi Syamala, director, in-charge, Vemana Yoga Research Institute (VYRI) - a unit of Telangana Yogahyana Parishad.
The participants will perform coordinated sets of the common yoga protocol in harmony at the stadium, followed by a seminar on how yoga is helpful in preventing and controlling diabetes.
In addition, Bhratiya Prani Mitra Sangh, along with Jeevraksha Trust and other animal welfare organisations will hold yoga sessions from 8am to 9am for school students and other health enthusiasts at Exhibition Grounds on June 21. Around 2,000 students are expected to take part in the celebration.
Besides, an awareness rally about yoga and animal welfare will also be organized on the same day, starting from Exhibition Grounds to the Sri Babu Jagjivan Ram statue at Basheerbagh. Interestingly, the Department of Ayush started yoga training programme since May and has been conducting free yoga camps from May 21 to June 21 in nine districts, including Karimnagar, Adilabad, Kama Reddy, Mahaboobnagar and Jagityal.
In Hyderabad, VYRI has been conducting free workshops and yoga camps in various areas, including government schools, CISF at Airport Authority and National Police Academy.