Practicing yoga is essential for every person as it will help keep health issues at bay, particularly at a time when people are being affected by lifestyle challenges, Minister for Health, Medical and Family Welfare Vidadala Rajini said.
Ms. Rajini was speaking at the International Day of Yoga celebrations organised by the Ayush Department in the city on Tuesday along with Health, Medical and Family Welfare Principal Secretary M.T. Krishna Babu.
Hundreds of students took part in the celebrations and performed yoga. Ms. Rajini administered a ‘yoga pledge’ to the participants. Across the State, 75 yoga camps were conducted. Ms. Rajini also launched the ‘Yoga for Humanities’ poster, postal stamp and envelope marking the eighth International Day of Yoga.
