International Yoga Day 2025: Yoga enthusiasm in South India participated in leaders and citizens

New -delhi, June 21 (IANS). At the 11th International Yoga Day, various states of South India saw enthusiasm for yoga. Leaders, yoga trainers and ordinary people in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh participated extensively in yoga programs. On this occasion, a message was given to make yoga a part of life and adopt its physical, spiritual and spiritual benefits. The BJP State President Nanar Nagendran attended the yoga program in Azhar Nagar Park in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. He practiced yoga with party officials and a large number of local people. In this case, the enthusiasm of people towards yoga was clearly visible. Nagendran called on yoga as a precious gift from Indian culture and adopt it in daily life. Union Minister Shobha Karandalaje attended the yoga session in Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka. He performed yoga asanas with other people and described yoga as the basis of a healthy lifestyle. Local people also enthusiastically participated in this event held in Bangalore. On the other hand, yoga instructor Gautam Udappa emphasized the importance of yoga in a conversation with the IANS news agency. He said: “Yoga is needed today. People of every age group are attracted to it. Earlier people have taken yoga lightly, but now schoolchildren are also doing yoga. Yoga and meditation are most effective in solving problems associated with stress, heart disease and other lifestyle.” Gautam, who describes the special need for children for children, said it helps to increase concentration and focus. The 11th International Yoga Day celebrations held on the Strand Road in Puducherry were inaugurated by Lieutenant -Governor Kailashanathan and Chief Minister Rangasami by yoga Asanas. The program was attended by the speaker of the meeting Selvam, the Minister of Home Affairs, Namdriyam, Public Works and Minister of Tourism, Laxminarayanan and Rajya Sabha LP Selvaganapati. More than 3.500 students and professionals performed yoga asanas during this ceremony, which was jointly organized by tourism, school education, higher and technical education, directorate and pollution control. Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries HD at Salem Steel Plant in Tamil Nadu. Kumaraswamy participated in the yoga day celebrations. Hundreds of employees and residents met at Hill View Stadium in Salem Township. Kumaraswamy described yoga as a source of physical vitality, spiritual clarity and inner peace. He said: “Yoga is not just exercise, but a way of living, creating a healthy person and a strong nation.” He thanks Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and thanks him for making yoga a global movement. Former MP Gokaraju Gangaraju participated in the “Taranta Yoga” program organized on the banks of the Krishna River in Tadepalli in Undavalli, Andhra Pradesh. In this unique event organized by the Aqua Devils Welfare Association, participants performed yoga -asanas on the riverbank, reflecting the creative prospects for yoga. -Ians shk/gkt