Barriers of communities and religions disslove with Yoga

Barriers of communities and religions disslove with Yoga

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, June 22, 2016: In Udupi it was a day filled with enthusiasm, a large number of people participated in the International Day of Yoga celebrations organised by 12 organisations at Rajangana on June 21, Tuesday.

Soon  after inaugurating the programme, Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt said that Yoga was very secular in nature and dissolved barriers of communities and religions. There was no compulsion on any person to say the word “Om” or any other while performing Yoga.

People following any faith can recite the holy verses or “mantras” of their own religion. People should not see performing Yoga as part of “Vaidikikarana” or “Indianisation”. People should perform Yoga daily and be mentally and physically fit, he said.

The 86-year-old Vishwesha Tirtha then performed a few Yoga postures, including “Sarvangasana” and “Halasana”. Later, Vishwaprasanna Tirtha, junior seer of Pejawar Mutt, performed several tough Yoga postures.

Other programmes : At a programme organised by the district administration, the departments of AYUSH, Sports and Youth Empowerment at the District Indoor Stadium, Priyanka Mary Francis, Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Panchayat, said that Yoga helped a lot in reducing stress in today’s tense and  fast-paced life.

Yoga helped a person to control both his physical and mental health. Yogic postures should be performed properly to get positive results. Hence, people should learn Yoga from those who are experts in the field. Yoga should be taught in all student hostels and schools, she said.   Many government officials, including Ms. Francis, performed Yoga.

G. Anuradha, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dinaker Babu, president of the Udupi Zilla Panchayat, Alakananda, District AYUSH officer, and Roshan Kumar Shetty, Assistant Director of Sports and Youth Empowerment, were present.