Chandigarh, 7th June, 2016: As a curtain raiser for the grand event of
“2nd International Day of Yoga” to be held in Chandigarh on 21st June, 2016 the
Chandigarh Administration is organising a 4 day Yoga Festival. The Yoga
Festival will witness a series of national and international level events,
which would revolve around Yoga, its history, importance and evolution.
In a press conference held today at Hyatt Regency Chandigarh,
Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS, Deputy Commissioner and Smt. Kriti Garg, IAS, SDM
(S) briefed the media about the various events planned by the administration
during the four day long Yoga Festival. Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS while
sharing day wise details of the event informed that this is a medium to
invigorate interest among masses for yoga and to encourage them to participate
in huge numbers for the International Day of Yoga 2016 to be held at the
Capitol Complex in Chandigarh. He further added that the Yoga Festival will be
an assortment of series of world-class events, which would lay a foundation for
the main event, wherein Hon’ble Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi will perform
yoga with thousands of people.
The programme schedule
is as under:
Date
|
Time
|
Event
|
Venue
|
9thJune,
2016
|
7:00 p.m
|
Inaugural Ceremony
of the Yoga Festival - Public Address by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji, “Yoga-The
True Dimension”
|
Parade Ground,
Sector 17, Chandigarh.
|
10thJune,
2016
|
10.00 a.m. to 5.00
p.m.
|
Inaugural of Three
day Academic Conclave “Yoga for Good Life”
|
CII, Sector 31,
Chandigarh.
|
7.00 p.m. onward
|
Bharatnatyam by
Suchitra Mitra
Moonlight Yoga
|
Parade Ground,
Sector 17, Chandigarh.
|
|
11thJune,
2016
|
10.00 a.m. to 5.00
p.m.
|
Academic Conclave
“Yoga for Good Life (Day-2)
|
CII, Sector 31,
Chandigarh.
|
6:00 pm
|
“Yoga on Wheels” –
Skaters Rally by HS Sports Academy, Sirhind, Punjab
|
Sukhna Lake road.
|
|
7:00 pm onward
|
Yoga-The tree of
Life, a 3D mapping show and a musical concert by Pt Subhash Ghosh
|
Sukhna Lake
|
|
12thJune,
2016
|
5:30 am
|
Run for Yoga
|
Sukhna Lake
|
|
10.00 a.m. to 4.00
p.m.
|
Academic Conclave
“Yoga for Good Life (Day-3)
|
Hotel Hyatt Regency,
Industrial Area, Phase-I, Chandigarh.
|
7.00 p.m. onward
|
Closing Ceremony of
Chandigarh Yoga Festival, “Prabodhan-Towards Enlightenment”, a Public Address
by Baba Ramdev Ji.
|
Parade Ground,
Sector 17, Chandigarh.
|
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