Yoga events to be held at 7,184 places in Nellore on June 14

Yoga demonstrations will be organised at 7,184 identified places across SPSR Nellore district on Saturday. Ahead of the International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21, all the ward secretariats are conducting yoga demonstrations at the villages by involving the local people.
District In-charge Collector K. Karthik has instructed the officials, Mandal Parishad Development Officers (MPDOs) and Municipal Commissioners to host the event successfully. He also asked them to upload the demonstration photos on the yoga website.
On Friday, district-level competitions were held as part of the third day of Yogandhra competitions at Nellore Municipal Corporation (NMC) office. Out of 60 participants in the singing competition, the judges announced six winners. One winner was declared in the yoga slogans competition.
The competitions were held under the supervision of NMC Commissioner Y.O. Nandan, SETNEL (Society for Training, Employment and Promotion in Nellore District) CEO A. Nageswara Rao, District Sports Development Officer (DSDO) Yathi Raj and yoga gurus.
NMC Commissioner said that all the winners at the district level would participate in the State level yoga competitions to be held in Vijayawada, and the government will provide a cash prize of ₹1 lakh to the winners at the State level.

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