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Chandigarh Yoga Festival to be held from 9th-12th June, 2016

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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