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प्रेस à¤µà¤¿à¤œà¥à¤žà¤ªà¥à¤¤à¤¿/ Press Release No. 145  Dt: 21.06.2020

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY PRACTICES YOGA AT

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South Western Railway observed International Yoga Day today with the theme ‘Yoga o­nline with family ’. Officers and staff of South Western Railway Head Quarters and  Hubballi Division including Divisional Railway Managers from  Bengaluru Division and Mysuru Division  practiced yoga  simultaneously from Home through o­nline Yoga session. Shri Murali Krishna, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Hubballi guided the participants in the session. 

Videos of Isha foundation o­n Nada Yoga and Sambhavi Mudra were played  which were performed o­nline by officers and their families.

 Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, General Manager of South Western Railway said that Yoga is Heritage of our Nation and  the contribution of India to the world.  It's heralds our quest  for healthier planet.  It's union of Mind and body and practicing it daily makes us lead fruitful and balanced life.  Yoga is the way of life and hence practicing yoga should become a part of our daily activities, he said.   

Shri P.K. Mishra, Additional General Manager; Shri B.G. Mallya, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer; Shri Arvind Malkhede, Divisional Railway Manager, Hubballi Division; Shri Ashok Kumar Verma, Divisional Railway Manager, Bengaluru Division; Smt. Aparna Garg, Divisional Railway Manager, Mysuru Division and others participated in the o­nline yoga session.  Around 75  participants attended   the yoga session. 

Later, tree plantation programme was conducted at Maharshi Patanjali Yoga Udyaan in Hubballi. 

On the occasion Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, GM/SWR ; Smt. Sujata Singh, President of SWRWWO; Shri P.K. Mishra, Additional General Manager; Shri Arvind Malkhede, Divisional Railway Manager  and others garlanded the statue of Patanjali. 20 saplings of trees were planted  in the premises  of Maharshi Patanjali Yoga Udyaan o­n the occasion.

                                                                                           Chief Public Relations Officer

                                                                              South Western Railway, Hubballi

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