International Day of Yoga: Coimbatore witnesses mass performances

Coimbatore: On the 11th
International Day of Yoga
on Saturday, people from different walks of life participated in yoga sessions conducted across the district with great zeal.
Hundreds of people gathered at the Nehru Stadium in the city to participate in the mass yoga performance event, which was presided over by district collector Pavankumar G Giriyappanavar, in the morning.
Health department officials, deans of Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital and ESI Hospital, and joint director and deputy director of public health services, were present at the event.
Postal staff, at least 140 of them, performed yoga on the premises of the regional office of postal services at Kavundampalayam to mark the occasion.
Nearly 191 disabled students from various schools performed yoga at an event organized by the physical education and yoga department of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute.
Participants were issued certificates after the event.
The Salem division of Southern Railways also organized yoga sessions at various locations to mark the day. The importance and beneficial effects of yoga were explained at all the events.
Nearly 460 NCC cadets observed the yoga day at Coimbatore Govt Arts College, by doing various yoga asanas, promoting the message of health and discipline.
Similarly, various educational institutions, the city police, home guards, NGOs and volunteers performed yoga asanas on their premises to mark the occasion.

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