International Day of Yoga: Visakhapatnam gears up with Yogandhra sessions ahead of June 21 RK Beach event

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District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore, Joint Collector G. Vidyadhari and others performing Pavanamuktasana astatine  a Yogandhra league   astatine  the Naval Dockyard successful  Visakhapatnam connected  Thursday.

District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore, Joint Collector G. Vidyadhari and others performing Pavanamuktasana astatine a Yogandhra league astatine the Naval Dockyard successful Visakhapatnam connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) appealed to radical to enactment successful ample numbers successful the Yogandhra programmes being organised crossed the territory and marque the International Day of Yoga celebrations astatine RK Beach connected June 21 (Sunday) a success.

A yoga league was conducted astatine the Naval Dockyard arsenic portion of the Yogandhra inaugural being organised successful the run-up to the 12th International Day of Yoga. The programme was jointly organised by the Eastern Naval Command, the territory medication and the AYUSH Department.

Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command, Vice Admiral Susheel Menon, District Collector M. Abhishikth and Joint Collector G. Vidyadhari inaugurated the programme. Andhra University Assistant Professor T. Tulasi Rao and members of the AYUSH squad led the yoga demonstrations.

Addressing the participants, Mr. Abhishikth Kishore said a bid of yoga programmes was being organised astatine assorted locations up of the International Day of Yoga. He said a league would beryllium held astatine Rushikonda Beach connected June 12 and different astatine the Mudasarlova Golf Course connected June 15, culminating successful the district-level celebrations astatine RK Beach connected June 21.

The Collector urged radical to marque yoga a portion of their regular daily for amended carnal and intelligence well-being and called for greater consciousness of its benefits.

Among those contiguous were RDO Akhil Surya Teja, retired Wing Commander P. C. Sekhar, AYUSH Regional Deputy Director Srinivasulu, nodal serviceman Chandrasekhar, Naval officers, territory officials, ex-servicemen, employees and students.

Published - June 11, 2026 02:03 p.m. IST

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