International Yoga Day is being celebrated across the world in many countries today. This is being celebrated when the Corona Virus is on the rise in India and other countries.
Even in Telugu states the Corona is on the rise despite taking various measures. Leading from the front PM Narendra Modi stated that Yoga has the power to develop immunity in the body and it can contain Corona also.
Film stars like Akshay Kumar and also Shilpa Shetty have appealed to the people to go for Yoga on a regular basis to cure various ailments. Baba Ramdev also has advocated people to participate in Yoga in a big way.
Film stars from Bollywood and Tollywood have posted their photos with Yoga postures on Instagram. There was no display of Yoga sessions for the International Yoga Day due to Corona.
Most of them did Yoga at home and posted the photos on Instagram. Many politicians also participated in Yoga day. Some Governors also have conducted the Yoga Day at Rajbhavans with few people observing the physical distancing method.
Some of them advocated that Yoga must be made compulsory in the schools so that it becomes part of everyday life. Some film stars advocated that along with Yoga Meditations also works for the inner peace of the body and mind.
On the other hand purohits at the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam have done japan in the pushkarini for about 3 hours. They have started the japan at around 10 am and ended it at about 2pm.