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Written By: Agencies | Published : June 21, 2015 12:29 PM IST
June 21st is International Yoga Day
Bengaluru, June 21: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty participated in a state-level event here to mark the inaugural International Yoga Day on Sunday, with over 10,000 people performing yoic exercises. Yoga is for peace, yoga is for health and yoga is for harmony, Siddaramaiah told 10,000 yoga enthusiasts at Kanteerava stadium here.
Children from many schools, nurses from hospitals and policemen from Karnataka State Reserve Police Force attended the event. Earlier, the chief minister participated in the Yoga Day celebration at the Vidhan Soudha for an hour in which many bureaucrats also joined in. Shetty, who demonstrated Vrikshasan and other asanas, advised everyone to practice yoga for a healthy life.
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Source: IANS
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