Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini on Saturday announced that 100 new Yoga centres and Vyayamshalas (gyms) will be set up across the state this financial year; currently there are 883 such gyms in Haryana.
Speaking at the state level 11th International Yoga Day function at Brahma Sarovar, Kurukshetra in which over 1 lakh people took part, he also announced that a Yoga Writer Incentive Scheme will be launched to promote yoga research in universities, with outstanding authors to be honoured annually and an international meditation hall will also be built at Shri Krishna AYUSH University in Kurukshetra, he announced.
The chief minister also announced that experienced coaches will be appointed to strengthen yoga as a sport at the national level and to train athletes for international competitions.
The function was also attended by Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya while Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev led the yoga session.
Speaking on the occasion, Swami Ramdev said that yoga is the foundation of life, devotion, nature, and culture. He recalled how Prime Minister Narendra Modi had strongly advocated for International Yoga Day in his very first address to the United Nations General Assembly following which in 2014, the UN passed a historic resolution declaring June 21 as International Yoga Day, with 177 countries supporting the proposal at that time. Today, more than 200 countries are embracing yoga, he held.
