New Delhi: At least 75 ministers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government will perform yoga at 75 historical and cultural sites in the country on the International Yoga Day this year, ANI reported. “As many as 75 ministers have been designated to participate in the Yoga programs at 75 historical and cultural places to mark the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav that is being celebrated across the country,” the news agency quoted sources as saying.
Prime Minister Modi will perform yoga at Karnataka’s Mysore Palace on the eighth International Yoga Day, which will be celebrated on June 21.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will participate in yoga programmes at the famous Jyotirlinga Trimbakeshwar temple complex in Nashik, Maharashtra, on Yoga Day, while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will participate in a yoga programme in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar will perform yoga at Delhi’s Lotus Temple. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will perform yoga at the Jantar Mantar in the national capital.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will perform yoga at Zero Mile Stone in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will perform yoga at Kangra Fort in Himachal Pradesh, while Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur will do it at Nalagarh Palace in his home state Himachal Pradesh.
Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani will perform yoga at the Lucknow Residency in the Uttar Pradesh capital, while Union Minister of Environment Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav will participate in a yoga programme in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya city.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will do yoga in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, while Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda will do yoga in Jharkhand capital Ranchi.
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will do yoga at the Marine Drive area in Mumbai, while Union Minister Narayan Rane will do yoga at the Pune Metro Station in Pune, Maharashtra.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi will do yoga at the Group of Monuments at Hampi, Karnataka.
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will perform yoga at the Fatehpur Sikri Fort of Uttar Pradesh, while Union Minister Virendra Kumar will do yoga at Amarkantak, the origin of Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh.
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will do yoga at the Gwalior Fort in Madhya Pradesh and Union Minister Giriraj Singh will do yoga at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.
Union Minister R.K. Singh will do yoga in the famous Nalanda Mahavihara in Bihar and Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will do yoga in the famous Sardar Patel’s Statue of Unity in Kevadiya, Gujarat.
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will do yoga at Sam Sand Dunes, a famous tourist spot in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, while Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy will do yoga at the Anand Sagar Lake site in Telangana.
Union Minister RCP Singh will do yoga at the famous Mahabodhi Temple in Gaya, Bihar and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav will do yoga at the famous Konark Sun Temple complex in Odisha’s Puri city.
Union Minister Purushottam Rupala will do yoga at Dholavira, a famous historical Harappan civilization site in the Kutch region of Gujarat, while Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri will do yoga at the Red Fort in Delhi.