PM to perform yoga at Mysuru palace on June 21, says Joshi
The Hindu
· Venue for the country’s main yoga day event was finalized since it is an iconi
· Venue for the country’s main yoga day event was finalized since it is an iconic place; 75,000 yoga enthusiasts to perform yoga on the palace premises and other venues simultaneously in Mysuru marking the International Day of Yoga-2022
· Union Minister Prahlad Joshi holds meeting in Mysuru ahead of the PM’s visit
Shankar Bennur
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
The International Day of Yoga-2022 main event in Mysuru in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be participating, will happen in the forecourt of the Mysuru palace, one of the country’s iconic sites, on June 21.
This was announced here on Monday by Union Minister for Coal and Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi, who was in Mysuru and held a meeting with the elected representatives, officials and the heads of yoga institutions, ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit.
Mr. Joshi told reporters that there are plans to gather around 75,000 yoga enthusiasts, marking the 75 th anniversary of Indian independence (Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav), who will be performing yoga simultaneously at the palace and various other venues.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.