The International Yoga Day was celebrated widely across the city with multiple awareness programmes on Thursday. Most of the events were aimed at propagating the physical and mental health benefits of practising yoga.Early in the morning, Trichy Corporation conducted ‘yogathon’ on Uzhavar Sandhai ground at Anna Nagar. During the event, a team of yoga practitioners from Mansa Yoga Studio performed ‘108 Surya Namaskar’. They also taught basic yoga techniques to almost 1000 people. Corporation commissioner N Ravichandran was also present at the event.Similarly, yoga awareness drives were also conducted at several schools and colleges in the city. The NSS cell of Bharathidasan University (BDU) in association with the Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies and Centre for Spirituality and Yogic Sciences conducted an awareness rally followed by a training prorgamme. During the event, BDU vice-chancellor P Manisankar spoke about how yoga integrates body, mind and soul.NSS, NCC and department of physical education of Holy Cross College (Autonomous) conducted yoga demonstration programme in which around 3000 students participated. Deputy inspector-general of police, Trichy range, R Lalitha Lakshmi, who was the chief guest at the event, said that maximum number of crimes in the society is due to the inability to handle the emotions and one should practice yoga which would help control emotion.National Institute of Technology – Trichy (NIT-T) organised a yoga demonstration programme for the faculty, staff, students and residential members of NITT. Director of the institution Mini Shaji Thomas emphasised the importance of yoga for strengthening the mental and physical ability and reduces stress.In another yoga demonstration programme held at Alpha Group of Institutions, over 3000 students participated.

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