About Jingle
It should be apt, relevant, and appealing. It should aim to drive
awareness and adoption of Yoga by people of all ages. It should focus on
the cause of Yoga to serve as a tool in the betterment of the health
and wellbeing of the community, mainly improving physical and mental
health.
It should encourage people to participate in the observance of the
International Day of Yoga 2021. It may deal with the importance of the
regular practice of Yoga to boost the immunity level and to combat
COVID-19, like a stress buster, etc.
About Competition
Participant has to provide a script and a jingle of 25-30 seconds
duration in any official language as per the Eighth Schedule of the
Indian constitution along with English and other UN languages. It should
be easily comprehensible and connects with the public at large.
The entry as a high-quality audio file of the participants should be
uploaded to any media platform such as SoundCloud, YouTube, Google
Drive, Dropbox, etc. Also, enter the publicly accessible link in the
comments section. In the form of a pdf document, the script should be
submitted. The winner would get INR 25,000 cash prize. The last date of
submission is 21st June 2021.
International Day of Yoga is celebrated every year
on 21 June to raise awareness worldwide about the benefits of Yoga in
daily life. Yoga brings balance between body, soul, and mind. It helps
us to understand the purpose of life and how to survive in the changing
environment. "PM Narendra Modi at Jharkhand capital Ranchi urged people
"We should make efforts to take yoga from cities to villages and tribal
areas. Yoga is above religion, caste, colour, gender, and region, it is
above everything,"
Yoga is an ancient practice that brings together physical, mental
disciplines to achieve a peaceful body and mind. Yoga is a form of
exercise that is performed through diet, breathing, and physical
posture. International Day of Yoga is also known as World Yoga Day.
7th International Yoga Day 2021: Theme
The 7th International Day of Yoga 2021 theme is "Yoga for well-being".
The 6th International Day of Yoga 2020 theme was 'Yoga for Health-Yoga at Home'.
The theme of 5th International Day of Yoga 2019 is "Climate Action".
In the United Nation, it will be celebrated a day before that is on 20
June, 2019 with 'Yoga with Gurus' and followed by a panel of discussion
on 21 June.
The Climate Action theme focuses on the way how yoga can help us to
solve the problem of climate change and also it brings a lot more
benefits to the lives of people. It is necessary to work towards climate
change. The sense of respect for mother earth overcomes regular yoga
practitioners that will help people to act in a certain way at home and
in the working environment to work and build a better future.
The theme of International Day of Yoga 2018 was “Yoga for Peace”.
The Theme of International Day of Yoga 2017 was “Yoga For Health”.
The Theme of International Day of Yoga 2016 was “Connect the Youth”.
The Theme of International Day of Yoga 2015 was “Yoga For Harmony And Peace”.
7th International Yoga Day 2021: History
Source: www. yogadaycelebration.com
The word ‘yoga’ is derived from Sanskrit and means ‘to join’/to unite’. On 11 December, 2014, United Nations General Assembly declared to celebrate International Day of Yoga on
21st June every year by resolution 69/131. It was declared by the call
of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he addressed United Nations
General Assembly on 27 September, 2014 and asks for adopting 21st June
as an International Yoga Day to get all the benefits of yoga to the
people around the world. No doubt in Indian history, the declaration of
International Day of Yoga is a great and proud moment.
Finally, it was declared on 11 December, 2014 by the United Nations
General Assembly. First time in history it happened that the initiative
of any country has been proposed and implemented by the UN within 90
days. Sam Kutesa, President of UN General Assembly, announced to
celebrate the International Yoga Day on June 21 and more than 170
countries supported the Yoga Day proposal. From this it came to light
that people also know about the benefits of yoga, some of which are
visible and some are invisible.
Let us tell you that the resolution was adopted under the Global
Health and Foreign Policy by the General Assembly in order to provide an
approach towards health and well-being.
Do you know why our PM Narendra Modi has
suggested 21st June as International Day of Yoga because 21st June is
the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere has much significance in
different parts of the world?
7th International Yoga Day 2021: Events
Various events will be organized all over the world on International
Day of Yoga, where people from different places gather to practice yoga.
In India also, several events will be organised. In pre-decided places,
people gather in the morning and practice yoga under the guidance of
trained yoga teachers and spread awareness about its benefit to health
and the environment.
In various schools and colleges, several yoga practice sessions are
organised. Prime Minister distributed Yoga Awards 2019. On 21st June,
2019 a special sale of yoga essentials like mats, tees, etc. was
organised at Friends of Meditation, Naraina, New Delhi. But in 2020, the
celebration was at home with family members and online due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
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7th International Yoga Day 2021: Celebrations in India
Source: www.euronews.com
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the celebration of International Day of Yoga 2020 was online. Yoga was practiced at home with family members.
On 21 June International Yoga Day 2019, PM Narendra
Modi performed Yoga in Ranchi, Jharkhand with 18,000 participants
including Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Ministers, and senior officials
of the state. World Yoga Day event was celebrated at Prabhat Tara ground
in the morning.
On 21 June, 2018 at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, the
International Day of Yoga was celebrated. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
with around 55,000 enthusiasts performed Yoga.
On 21 June ,2017 at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, the
International Day of Yoga was celebrated where other new records were
created. People from around 150 countries participated and the number of
participants was up to 51,000.
On 21 June, 2016, the AYUSH Ministry organized an
event "The National Event of Mass Yoga Demonstration", at Chandigarh, in
which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many other people participated.
On 21 June, 2015, the Indian Prime Minister and
around 36,000 people had celebrated the first International Day of Yoga
at Rajpath in New Delhi. 21 yoga mudras or yoga postures for 35 minutes
were performed there.
The ceremony had established two Guinness World Records: the first to
be the largest yoga class and secondly the largest number of
nationalities from 84 countries participated in the event. This award
was presented to the Ministry of AYUSH and received by AYUSH minister Shripad Yesso Naik.
7th International Yoga Day 2021: Significance
Source: www.hongkong-desi.com
- Yoga helps to maintain a balance between oneself and the environment.
- Yoga acts as an aid to one's health.
- Yoga brings a balance between body, soul, and mind.
- It helps us to deal with several problems, worries etc.
- By regular practice of yoga, an individual can rid of health-related problems.
- Yoga promotes self-healing.
- Enhance personal power.
- Increases self-awareness
- Removes toxins from the body.
- Remove negative thoughts from the mind.
- Reduces stress and tension in the physical body.
- The person feels rejuvenated and energized.
- Yoga gives the power to control the body and mind.
- Yoga increases flexibility.
- It improves brain function.
- Yoga helps in reducing weight.
- Lowers the risk of heart diseases etc.
Some interesting facts about Yoga
- The father of yoga is known as Maharshi Patanjali who compiled 195 Yoga Sutras that became the foundation of Yoga philosophy.
- Some scholars believed yoga incorporated elements from the Stone
Age. As in the Stone Age, Shamanism was prevalent and is a healing
practice connected to nature. Yoga is not derived from Shamanism but the
two have similar features.
- On 21 June, 2015 at International Yoga Day, the Indian Postal
Service released a stamp for yoga which has an outline of a seated yogi
with the Anjali Mudra overhead.
- Yoga is originated in India and is the oldest physical discipline. Yoga is over 5000 years old.
- Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika is an English bestselling book written by B.K.S Iyengar.
- The world's oldest yoga teacher is Bette Calman (85 years old) according to the Guinness World Records.
No doubt the regular practice of yoga will transform and broadens the
perspective of life. It is an invaluable gift of India's ancient
tradition which is around 5000 years old. Yoga is not only about
exercise and about various asana but also helps to discover the sense of
oneness with yourself, the world, and nature. Let us celebrate together
International Yoga Day, not only practicing yoga for one day but to
make it a part of life. this year celebrate International Yoga at home
with the family members.
GK Quiz on International Yoga Day 2021
