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International Yoga Day celebrates in Kokrajhar

By AT Kokrajhar Bureau |

The International Yoga Day celebrates at various places in Kokrajhar district along with rest of the country on Wednesday.The district administration,Kokrajhar organized the day at Govt HS & MP School ground in association with Patanjali Yog Samiti, the Art of Living organised the Yoga in association with ABSU and UN Academy at UN Academy Hall in Kokrajhar. Huge participants took part on the occasion that created an integration  among all walks of life.

A rally was also carried out on the occasion in the early morning where citizen,students from different schools participated,which was started from Govt HS & MP school via JD Road,DC office Road,Shantinagar,fly over and concluded at the same point.Kampa Borgoyary,BTC deputy chief flagged off the rally.

Borgoyary said the international yoga day has been celebrated across the world that marked an integration among human beings.He said that the human being must join in the celebration to make healthy life as well free from diseases. 

A mass yogging session was organised on the day where huge participants from different parts of the district took part with enthusiastic moment. Bibekananda Choudhury, Kokrajhar deputy commissioner, Rajen Singh, SP, senior citizens apart from Ajit Brahma,retired ACS,officers from different offices are prominent participants.

Choudhury said that the day was celebrated with daylong proogramme scheduled in Kokrajhar.The day marked huge attendees from all walks of life from different corners.

At UN Academy in Kokrajhar, participants participated the day with traditional Aronai and Gamocha that showed a strong encouragement in the area.

 Cheeranjiv, an instructor from Art of living guided the yoga day where Krishna Gopal Basumatary, director of UN Academy, Moneswar Daimary, ABSU leader participated the yoga celebration.

 Cheeranjiv said that the day has been celebrated in an integrated manner to make awareness among citizens.

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