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From Times Square to Niagra Falls, 8th International

Day of Yoga celebrated with great enthusiasm

the Women of New York on June 4
at Bayside, New York. Community
members turned up in large numbers
for the Yoga Cruise on East River on
June 12 organized by the World Veg-
an Vision. YuVa Shakti discussed ben-
efits of yoga for people with advanced
age through a virtual session on June
17. Yoga sessions were also held on
June 18 and 19 by Vihangam Yoga.
For the first time, IDY was also
celebrated on the US side of Niagara
Falls. The Consulate General part-
nered with Buffalo-Niagara Tamil
Mandram and Indian Associations
of Buffalo to organize Yoga event at
the Goat Island of Niagara Falls State
Park on June 19, 2022.
This was the first time that IDY
was celebrated on the US side of the
world’s most famous waterfall. Mem-
bers of Buffalo Network of Religious
Communities, an organization com-
prising members of different reli-
gious groups participated in the yoga
celebrations which also brought to-
gether Indian students studying in
various Universities in Buffalo. The
celebrations will now be a regular
feature of Buffalo-Niagara region’s
culture calendar.
Several other Yoga events are
also planned in the coming days in
and around New York. GOPIO, Man-
hattan will organize a virtual event on
June 23. On June 25, Isha Foundation
and Vihangham Yoga will celebrate
IDY at Bridgewater, New Jersey and
Shri Venkateshwara Temple NJ will
organize a yoga event at Hartsdale,
New York. Connecticut will see Yoga
celebrations in Manchester on June
26 by MILAN Cultural Association.
The United Nations, in Decem-
ber 2014, had unanimously adopted
a resolution piloted by India to cele-
brate International Day of Yoga on
June 21 which is the Summer Sol-
stice, the longest day of the year in the
Northern Hemisphere. Since 2015,
International Day of Yoga is being
celebrated on a large scale across the
globe enhancing awareness about the
multifaceted benefits of Yoga.
Government of Sikkim, Invest
India, TRIFED, State Bank of India,
ICICI, Bank of India, Bank of Baro-
da, Tetley, CaratLane and Art of Liv-
ing supported the Consulate General
of India in celebrating the 8th Inter-
national Day of Yoga in New York.

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