21-May-2025 04:57 PM
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Vijayawada, May 21 (Reporter) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said that a special campaign titled ‘YogAndhra-2025’ will be held for one month starting May 21 across the State and on June 21, a mega event involving 5 lakh people will take place in Visakhapatnam in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate.
Addressing a press conference at his camp office at Undavalli near here, the Chief Minister said that AP would conduct YogAndhra-2025 for a full month, not as a photo-op or symbolic event, but as a genuine mass movement to promote awareness and practice of yoga.
“The main event on June 21 will see 5 lakh people practicing yoga from 7 AM to 8 AM along the coast from RK Beach to Bhogapuram. Simultaneously, arrangements are being made to ensure the participation of at least 'two crore' people across the state. We aim to train 10 lakh individuals in yoga and issue them certificates. Organising such a large-scale yoga session by the sea is a rare opportunity. This picturesque event, set in the lap of nature, will be etched in public memory,” Chandrababu Naidu revealed.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the 'Yoga Day' celebrations, a team of Ministers led by Minister Nara Lokesh will oversee the preparations. Volunteers from universities, public and private organizations, women, the elderly, police personnel, and employees would all be encouraged to participate, and certificates would also be issued to them, he asserted
“We are rolling out yoga training programs from cities to villages. Andhra Pradesh has 21 temples generating more than Rs 5 crore in annual revenue. Yoga awareness programs will be conducted in over 100 tourism and spiritual destinations, including Amaravati Buddha Stupa, Lepakshi, Gandikota, Araku, Lambasingi, Konaseema, and the Akhanda Godavari region,” Naidu mentioned.
AP would partner with the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga to train 2,000 yoga instructors, including 2,000 school teachers, Naidu said, adding that Yoga-related content will be incorporated into school syllabi, and students will receive daily one-hour yoga training once schools reopen. Volunteers who successfully spread awareness about yoga will get the opportunity to attend the PM’s event on June 21, he added.
Earlier, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launched the official ‘YogAndhra Website’ on the occasion...////...