Governor of Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra – Sri Ch. Vidyasagar Rao & Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism light Maha Yogayagna with Sadhguru, Isha Foundation at 112-feet iconic face of Adiyogi on International Day of Yoga at Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore
21st June 2017, Coimbatore: Over 10,000 people including school children, women, members of paramilitary forces, officers from BSF and a large number of people gathered to participate in the third International Day of Yoga Celebrations at 7 am in preseIDYnce of the 112 ft face of Adiyogi- the source of Yoga at Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore. Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra Shri C Vidyasagar Rao was the Chief Guest and Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Tourism & Culture (Independent Charge) Dr Mahesh Sharma was the Guest of Honour at the celebrations.
Sadhguru, Founder, Isha Foundation, conducted an Upa-yoga session. The Hon’ble Governor and Hon’ble Minister lit the Maha Yoga Yagna along with Sadhguru, a pledge that reinforced the movement to spread Yoga to millions of people worldwide in the coming year. Sadhguru, the Hon’ble Governor and the Hon’ble Minister addressed the global community and Yoga enthusiasts in over 300 countries and spoke about the significance of Yoga and the International Day of Yoga through a live webstream.
Hon’ble Governor Rao said, “As Chancellor of 20 universities in Maharashtra and 20 in Tamil Nadu, I wish that an institutional arrangement happens between universities and institutions like Isha for the transfer of the knowledge of Yoga.”
Hon’ble Minister Dr Sharma said, “Yoga is of the world. But yoga has a home, and that home is India.”
“India has offered yoga as a gift to the world and it is heartening to see that the world is taking up Yoga in a huge way. International Day of Yoga is one of the greatest things that India has offered to the world,” said Sadhguru.
To celebrate the third International Day of Yoga, Isha Foundation conducted Yoga sessions across the world in over 250 centers worldwide at zero cost. The Yoga sessions are being offered in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush, State Education departments, Embassies, Consulates, CRPF, RAF, Indian navy, Prisons, Educational insititutions, Indian Railway, ISRO and a host of Corporate partners around the world. Yoga sessions were conducted at Trafalgar Square, London with High Commission of India, in Machu Picchu with Embassy of India in Peru and Bolivia, Abu Dhabi and many more places around the world.
Isha Foundation is an accredited Yoga institution by Ministry of Ayush and part of the AYUSH ministry’s International Day of Yoga Steering Committee. After the immense impact of the first two years of the International Day of Yoga, Isha Foundation is concentrating its efforts to offer the science of Yoga, with a special focus on students and soldiers of India.
Isha also conducted an Upa-yoga session for the Border Security Forces in New Delhi and for over 3000 scientists, engineers and personnel of Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on the International Day of Yoga.
Isha Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Border Security Force (BSF) this month which will equip over 2 lakh 50 thousand BSF personnel to learn Yoga in scientific way through teachers trained by Sadhguru. Isha is in the process of conducting large scale Hatha Yoga programs for paramilitary forces across India. This year Isha is also conducting Yoga sessions in prisons, state & central government institutions, schools, colleges, radio stations, corporate houses, shopping malls etc this year.
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