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Puducherry’s popularity arsenic a preferred tourer destination is evinced by the information which shows that an estimated 5 lakh visitors converged successful the metropolis successful the 3 days preceding New Year celebrations, Chief Minister N. Rangasamy has said.
Launching the 31st International Yoga Festival, 2026 astatine the Gandhi Thidal, the Chief Minister said Puducherry remained fashionable arsenic a people charming, heritage-rich and peaceful place. The authorities has been hosting divers taste programmes passim the twelvemonth to entertain visitors and the yoga festival was 1 specified event, helium added.
Mr. Rangasamy announced that a 10-day accumulation showcasing assorted departments and featuring taste programmes would beryllium held from February 10.
Speaker R. Selvam, Minister for Public Works and Tourism K. Lakshminarayanan, D. Manikandan, Secretary (Tourism), Vishnutharan Kalimuthu, an authoritative from the Malaysian Embassy, and M. Mathew Francis, Director (in-charge) of Tourism participated.
The inaugural lawsuit featured a drone show, people music, and assorted taste performances.
Over 1,200 participants from assorted states of India and overseas are participating successful the festival.
A property enactment said the Puducherry government, done its Department of Tourism, has been hosting the International Yoga Festival each twelvemonth from January 4 to 7 since 1993, designing the lawsuit not conscionable arsenic a celebration, but arsenic a level that reflects the essence of yoga and contributes to physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
The festival’s accent is connected promoting tourism portion besides ensuring the carnal and intelligence wellness of the people.
The 31st variation features assorted yoga competitions for men and women of antithetic property groups, workshops, and demonstrations of assorted accepted yoga practices led by adept instructors astatine the Convention Centre located successful the Old Port complex.
Special taste programmes and wide yoga events volition beryllium held astatine Gandhi Thidal connected the Beach Road. A item volition beryllium the awarding of the rubric of male/female champion of the yoga competitions.
