Bengaluru: The International Day of Yoga event on the morning of Tuesday June 21 at Mysuru – where Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself would be leading a large contingent of yoga practitioners – is likely to be rain free, the IMD forecast said on Monday June 20.
“Few spells of rain/thundershowers” towards “evening /night” is what the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast for Mysuru said.
As on June 15, Mysuru was among the nine districts that had received excess rainfall this monsoon season (June 1 to 15), as per IMD records.
The Ayush Ministry and the Karnataka government are geared up to celebrate the main event of 8th edition of the International Day of Yoga 2022 at Mysuru Palace, Mysuru.
The theme this year International is ‘Yoga for Humanity.’ It is expected that over 15,000 participants will do yoga along with the Prime Minister at Mysuru.
As many as 19 ‘asanas’ (exercises) of Yoga will be exhibited in 45 minutes during the celebration of International Yoga Day in which Modi is participating between 7.00 and 7.45 a.m. Authorities said that 1,200 children, selected among 20,000 will take part in Modi’s event.
The celebration will start with a 1-minute prayer. Next four minutes will be given for stretching and movements following which 19 asanas will be performed which include Tadasana, Vrikshasana, Padahastasana, Ardha Chakrasana, Vakrasana, Makarasana, Setubandhasana, Shalabhasana and others.
Union Minister for Ayush, Sarbanada Sonowal will speak for five minutes, followed by the speech of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for five minutes.
The Prime Minister will give a message on International Yoga Day for 20 minutes.
