Mysuru is agog this week having hosted the historic event of World Yoga Day (June 21), mainly to lay claim to Guinness Record of organising more than 60,000 participants at a single venue performing 21 asanas, a selection from the list of asanas that has come down from Sage Pathanjali, whose yogasutras date back to…
Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced millions of people including westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a Yogi. On the occasion of International Yoga Day tomorrow, we hereby publish an article written by K.G. Manjunath on the contributions of Paramahansa to the world…
Mysuru: There was palpable excitement in the air at the historic Mysuru Palace premises this morning, as thousands of students, freeing their arms and limbs, gathered for rehearsal to create the ‘Longest Chain Yoga’ record. The District Administration was pleasantly surprised to see the sea of young students right from sixth standard to PUC gathered….
Mysuru: The Mysuru District Unit of Karnataka State Government Employees Association has asked all Government employees to take part in the Guinness Record attempt at the sprawling Mysuru Race Course land scheduled on International Yoga day on June 21. Addressing a press conference this morning, Association District President H.K. Ramu said all Government employees have…
BY MTY&VNS This year, the International Yoga Day on June 21 in Mysuru will be special compared to the two previous editions as more than 60,000 enthusiasts will try to create a new Guinness Record for largest number of people performing yoga at one single venue. Apart from this, 6,001 students from 15 educational institutions…
Mysuru: The very first rehearsal for the planned Guinness record-breaking yoga performance scheduled for June 21 which is International Yoga Day received good response from city residents this morning. Though the District Administration had expected around 5,000 yoga performers today, they were not disappointed as nearly 2,500 yoga enthusiasts turned up to perform at Kote…
Mysuru: Mysuru’s yoga champ and Kalashree awardee H. Kushi, who attempted a World Record for ‘Back Plank Recline Cruncher Under Yogic Practice’, entered the ‘Golden Book of World Records’ for performing it 15 times in one minute this morning. The record feat was performed at the Community Hall in Note Mudran Nagar here in the presence…
District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa (third from left) is seen releasing the International Yoga Day (June 21) poster at Jaladarshini Guest House in city yesterday. Also seen are (from left) Mysuru Travels Association President B.S. Prashanth, MLA Vasu, Mayor M.J. Ravikumar, MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha and District Youth Co-ordinator M.N. Nataraj.
Seven-year-old yoga prodigy Ishwar Sharma, has been shortlisted as one of the finalists for the Youth Achiever of the Year at British Indian Awards 2017. The award ceremony will be held on June 14 at the Athena in Leicester. The two-time UK national yoga champion, Ishwar sharma, is a student of St Michaels School, Otford,…
Just four years into learning yoga, this young girl has reached the highest level of winning medals not just in the National-level but in the International-level as well. Meet, city’s young yoga champ Kushi Hemachandra, a 9th student of St. Joseph’s Central School, Vijayanagar. Kushi is not only adept in various asanas but has also…
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