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Event held to signal countdown to International Day of Yoga

A curtain raiser event for the 9th World Yoga Day was conducted at the Mahajana’s First Grade College in association with the Ministry of Ayush, Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga and Sri Vedavyasa Yoga Pratishtana here on Tuesday.

Mayor Shivakumar, who inaugurated the event, said Mysuru is known for tourism but it should also be recognized as a yoga city. He said credit for establishment of yoga in Mysuru and the city emerging as the yoga capital, goes to Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV who patronized yoga masters like Krishnamacharya to propagate the discipline across the country besides permitting him to start a yogashala at the Jaganmohan Palace.

The Mayor also lauded the contribution of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the UN listing June 21st as the World Yoga Day.

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