Last Updated on June 9, 2022 at 3:53 pm
Government has planned some special events for the international yoga day which is celebrated on June 21 as The International Yoga Day celebrations will be held at 75 prominent Heritage spots across the country. For the same there are five places in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh which have been selected. These include Suchetgarh in RS Pura sector along International Border with Pakistan in Jammu, Pangong lake near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in Ladakh, historic Dal lake in Srinagar and Martand Sun temple in Anantnag, as per Daily Excelsior.
These are among 75 heritage and iconic sites finalized by the Union Government where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 75 Union Ministers including the Defence Minister, Home Minister and Finance Minister will lead International Yoga Day (IYD) celebrations on June 21 this year.
For the very first time all 75 Central Ministers will be visiting one historically significant spot each across the country on the occasion of International Yoga Day.
The Prime Minister will lead Yoga Day celebrations at Mysore Palace in Mysuru in Karnataka while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be in Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Tryambakeswar temple at Nasik in Maharashtra. Union Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) holding Independent Charge of Sciences and Technology, Earth Science, PG, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh will lead Yoga Day celebrations along with security personnel and local people on the International Border of Suchetgarh in RS Pura sector of Jammu district. Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju has been deputed to Pangong lake to lead International Yoga Day celebrations there on June 21. Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharti Pravin Pawar will lead International Yoga Day celebrations at Martand Sun Temple in Anantnag district of South Kashmir. Along Dal lake in Srinagar, Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Kapil Moreshwar Patil will join the Yoga Day function on June 21. Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra will head the gathering on Yoga Day function at Kargil in Ladakh, reportedly.
