Yoga must become a way of life, not a one-day event, says Health Minister

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Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav, Health Secretary Saurabh Gaur, Health Commissioner G. Veerapandian and Government Advisor for Yoga and Naturopathy Manthena Satyanarayana Raju astatine  a property   league  astatine  the Secretariat successful  Velagapudi connected  Monday.

Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav, Health Secretary Saurabh Gaur, Health Commissioner G. Veerapandian and Government Advisor for Yoga and Naturopathy Manthena Satyanarayana Raju astatine a property league astatine the Secretariat successful Velagapudi connected Monday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Minister Satya Kumar Yadav said the State authorities aims to marque yoga an integral portion of each person’s beingness and that its nonsubjective goes beyond organising a one-day lawsuit to people International Yoga Day.

Addressing the media astatine the Secretariat successful Velagapudi connected Monday, alongside Health Secretary Saurabh Gaur, Health and Family Welfare Commissioner G. Veerapandian and Government Advisor connected Yoga and Naturopathy Manthena Satyanarayana Raju, the Minister announced that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had approved the constitution of the A.P. Yoga Prachara Parishad. The connection is presently nether introspection by the Finance Department.

Mr. Yadav said 3 determination offices would beryllium acceptable up nether the Parishad to coordinate and oversee yoga-related activities passim the year. While 1.5 lakh trainers participated successful the celebrations past year, the fig has present been accrued to 2.5 lakh. A dedicated warfare country volition besides beryllium established to show activities being undertaken nether the Yogandhra programme.

Awareness programmes volition beryllium conducted from June 7 to 20, portion the main International Yoga Day lawsuit volition beryllium held successful Amaravati connected June 21. A peculiar yoga league involving 25,000 participants is planned connected the span crossed the Krishna stream successful Amaravati.

Yoga demonstrations volition beryllium organised astatine 2 salient tourer destinations successful each territory during the two-week campaign. In Guntur district, the selected venues are the Undavalli Caves and the Mangalagiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple. In Nandyal district, programmes volition beryllium held adjacent the Srisailam Temple and the Mahanandi Temple.

As portion of Yogandhra, yoga competitions volition beryllium conducted successful 4 phases. Village and ward-level contests volition beryllium held from June 7 to 9, mandal-level competitions from June 10 to 12, district-level events from June 14 to 16, and the State-level finals from June 18 to 20 successful Vijayawada.

Winners astatine the territory and State levels volition person prizes, and outstanding performers volition beryllium invited to a peculiar lawsuit successful Amaravati to beryllium attended by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

To beforehand yoga astatine the household level, Mr. Satyanarayana Raju has prepared escaped video contented successful 4 categories. The videos tin beryllium accessed by sending a “Hi” connection connected WhatsApp to 8142404888. Users volition person a QR code, which, erstwhile scanned, provides entree to a Google Drive nexus from wherever the videos tin beryllium downloaded.

Published - June 01, 2026 08:40 p.m. IST

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