Amaravati to host International Yoga Day event on June 21

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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu addressing the media astatine  the Secretariat connected  Wednesday. Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav is seen.

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu addressing the media astatine the Secretariat connected Wednesday. Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav is seen.

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Wednesday announced an ambitious program to observe the 12th International Day of Yoga crossed the State.

It is targeted to impact 1 crore radical successful the Yogandhra - 2026 events connected June 21.

Addressing the media successful Amaravati, Mr. Naidu said yoga, a priceless acquisition from India to the world, emerged arsenic an effectual instrumentality for carnal fitness, intelligence well-being and holistic health.

This year’s theme, ‘Yoga for Healthy Ageing’, aims to beforehand steadfast surviving adjacent successful aged age, the Chief Minister said.

Mr. Naidu said that Yogandhra-2026 would beryllium conducted from June 7 to 20 and that June had been declared arsenic the ‘Yoga Month’.

Special themes

A large yoga objection involving 25,000 participants would beryllium organised connected the Krishna River West Bypass Bridge successful Amaravati. Special district-level themes had besides been identified, with programmes planned for groups specified arsenic constabulary unit successful NTR territory and farmers successful Konaseema district.

The authorities would organise yoga events astatine 56 salient tourer destinations, including Undavalli Caves and Srisailam, to beforehand yoga tourism. A peculiar fund of ₹10 crore was allocated for infrastructure, publicity and lawsuit management.

The Chief Minister said the State aimed astatine creating 10 lakh certified yoga practitioners and summation the fig of trainers to 2.5 lakh. Schools and colleges were besides being encouraged to integrate yoga into regular learning.

Flays remarks against Pawan

Condemning the remarks made by definite Telangana leaders against Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan, the Chief Minister said that attempts to provoke determination divisions were inappropriate. He besides defended the government’s recruitment initiatives, asserting that transparent teacher recruitment done DSC remained a hallmark of the TDP government.

Published - June 03, 2026 07:55 p.m. IST

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