'Yoga Mahotsav' in Hyderabad on May 27

The Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga MDNIY, under the Union Ministry of Ayush, is organising a mega Yoga Mahotsav at the Parade Ground here on Saturday.The event is held to mark the 25-day countdown to the International Yoga Day which is going to be celebrated at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on June 21.Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal, who addressed a press conference here along with Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy, said the theme of this years IDY is Yoga For Vasudhaiva Kutumbkam.

The Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), under the Union Ministry of Ayush, is organising a mega 'Yoga Mahotsav' at the Parade Ground here on Saturday.

The event is held to mark the 25-day countdown to the International Yoga Day which is going to be celebrated at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on June 21.

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal, who addressed a press conference here along with Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy, said the theme of this year's IDY is 'Yoga For Vasudhaiva Kutumbkam'. He highlighted the elaborate plans being prepared to celebrate the IDY this year. The Union Minister said an 'Ocean Ring of Yoga' will be created on June 21 with the help of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Sonowal also said Yoga demonstrations would take place from Arctic to Antarctica— countries falling on or near the Prime Meridian line. Yoga would also happen on North and South Pole regions. Himadri — the Indian Research Base in Svalbard, Arctic and Bharati — the third Indian Research Base in Antarctica are likely to join the festival along with millions others across the globe. He further said the flight decks of INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya would also showcase Yoga demonstration in synergy. ''Yoga binds all and it helps dissolve all sorts of barriers. This inherent quality of Yoga and the untiring efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji have resulted in ever increasing impact of Yoga and its acceptance by the world community,'' he said. Kishan Reddy, who is Lok Sabha member from Secunderabad here, thanked Prime Minister Modi and also Sonowal for giving an opportunity to organise the event in Hyderabad.