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Dehradun, March 03
Uttarakhand Governor Dr K.K. Paul, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat , Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh and DGP Anil Raturi welcomed Vice Presidentof India Venkaiah Naidu on his arrival at Jolly Grant airport, on Saturday. After attending international Yoga festival at Parmarth Niketan, Naidu was given a send off by the Governor, Chief Minister, Chief Secretary and DGP in the afternoon. The Vice-President flew back to national capityal.
Dehradun District Magistrate SA Murugesan, Additional secretary Vinod Kumar Suman, Dehradun SSP Nivedita Kukretti and other officials were present at the airport.
After that Vice-President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu, Uttarakhand Governor Dr. K. K. Paul and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat jointly inaugurate the International Yoga festival at Parmaratath Niketan Ashram at Rishikesh .
Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu said that Yoga is part and parcel of Uttarakhand and ingrained in the water, air and soil of the state. He said that it was a great honour for him to come to the banks of pious Ganga river to inaugurate the festival.
The Vice-President of India said that the Yoga Festival being organized by Parmarath Niketan has become popular throughout the world and provides an opportunity to the participants to transform their lives.
Uttarakhand Governor Dr. K. K. Paul said that Yoga balances with nature and it should be adopted in every sphere of life. He said that with the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Yoga has become a global revolution. He said that the meaning of Yoga is to join and as per Swami Vivekanand, all the religions strive for attaining the supreme God and this can be attained through Yoga.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat welcomed the 1500 participants from 94 countries who are participating in the International Yoga Festival. He hoped that the participants from across the globe would take the message of love, contentment and happiness from the festival. He said that it was the power of Yoga that has attracted so many people from the entire world.
Union Minister of state for Tourism K.J. Alphons said that Yoga gives a message of unity of mankind. He called upon the participants to fight for the rights of women, children, hunger, global warming and violence.
Swami Chidanand of Parmarath Niketan said that Yoga symbolizes sacrifice and spirituality. He said that at spiritual place like Rishikesh there is need for “Why I” instead of “WI-FI” to attain the spiritual goal through Yoga.
Uttarakhand assembly Speaker Prem Chand Aggarwal, Uttarakhand Forest Minister Harak Singh Rawat, High Education Minister Dhan Singh Rawat, BJP legislator Ritu Khanduri, Prem Baba and other dignitaries were present at the inaugural function.
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