(^2626) YOGA AND TOTAL HEALTH • January 2018YOGA AND TOTAL HEALTH • January 2018
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A. N. Desai
The Yoga Institute completed 99 glorious years of existence on 25th December
2017 and entered the threshold of a centennial. A 2-day mega event was held
to launch the yearlong Centenary Celebrations, themed ‘World Harmony Begins
Within.’The first grand function was at The Yoga Institute on 24th December 2017, with
the Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, as the Chief Guest. The
programme co-chaired by Honourable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri C. Vidyasagar
Rao; Shri Vinod Tawde, Minister of School Education and Cultural Affairs, Govt. of
Maharashtra, and Smt. Hansaji J. Yogendra, Director of The Yoga Institute, was
in the presence of Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni, founder of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharati;
Swami Chidanand Saraswati, President of Paramarth Niketan, Rishikesh, Dr. H R
Nagendra, Founder Vice Chancellor of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana
Samsthana (S-VYASA); Dr. D R Kaarthikeyan, former Director CBI; Dr. Ishwar V.
Basavaraddi, Director, MDNIY, New Delhi; Shri Subodh Tiwari, CEO, Kaivalyadhama
and Shri Hrishi Yogendra, Assistant Director of The Yoga Institute.The traditional Lighting of the Lamp Ceremony