Jaipur, June 21 (HS). International Yoga Day was celebrated with enthusiasm in Rajasthan. Along with district level yoga programs in all the cities of the state, different organizations also organized meditation and yoga programs. In the state level program in Jaipur, Governor Kalraj Mishra, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani and members of the state cabinet did yoga at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Governor Kalraj Mishra made the people present at the yoga ceremony take a pledge of “Yoga for self and for society”. In the pledge, he called for everyone to be happy, healthy and to work together for the nation and society. Before this, he also performed yoga asanas and pranayama activities with everyone in the mass ceremony.
Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma gave the message of healthy living while doing yoga with everyone. Congratulating on Yoga Day, the Chief Minister said – May everyone stay healthy and happy with yoga. Yoga is our culture and the blessing of our sages and saints. Prime Minister Modi has worked to spread it at the global level.
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Vasudev Devnani, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Premchand Bairwa along with other ministers and MLAs, public representatives, Chief Secretary Sudhansh Pant along with senior officials of various departments, eminent personalities and common people performed yoga and pranayama at the state level function.
In the border area adjoining Pakistan, the BSF jawans gave the message of staying fit through yoga. In Jaisalmer, the BSF jawans did yoga and other activities for about an hour. The jawans were busy in preparations for the past several days.
In Pushkar, a sand artist made a statue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi meditating. In Aburoad, 10,000 people did yoga together at the Brahmakumari Ashram and gave the message of staying fit. A yoga program was organized by the Shala Krida Sangam Bharatpur Institute at Jawahar Burj in Bharatpur. In this, people stood at different places on the Burj and did many yoga asanas including Surya Namaskar. Here people meditated inside the swimming pool.
Yogasana athlete Arjun Praman performed different yoga postures at the Police Line Ground in Ajmer. Arjun has been performing yoga postures for the last 10 years.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal also participated in the yoga program in Bikaner. Thousands of citizens meditated together at Gandhi Ground in Udaipur. A yoga practice program was held at Srinathpuram Stadium in Kota. Thousands of citizens participated in it. Pyramids of yoga asanas were made by the players of Yoga Alliance team at different tourist places of Jodhpur.