June 21 is marked as the International Yoga Day and the AYUSH Ministry has stated that chanting of 'Om' and other Vedic mantras before the yoga session on this day is not compulsory but voluntary.

International Yoga Day to be celebrated on June 21 Letter to schools, colleges, offices says 'chant Om, prayers' Yoga Day celebrations to be held in Chandigarh this year New Delhi: In a move ...

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), May 23: Referring to the ongoing controversy over chanting of vedic mantras while performing Yoga, vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari’s wife Salma Ansari on Monday said that ...

The AYUSH Ministry on Tuesday said chanting of 'Om' and other Vedic mantras before the yoga session on International Yoga Day on June 21 is not compulsory but voluntary. The AYUSH Ministry on Tuesday ...

New Delhi, May 17: After huge controversy the AYUSH ministry on Tuesday clarified that chanting ‘Om’ and other Vedic mantras before the yoga session on International Yoga Day which will be held next ...

The reasons for putting in the hours on the mat are bountiful: visible triceps, a steady mind, licence to spend silly money on a yoga bralette. Less appealing to many is that bit, post-savasana, when ...

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has announced to observe International Yoga Day on June 21 with the chanting of 'Om’. The government, however, clarified that there is no compulsion to chant 'Om’ ...

You may have heard the word "OM" during a yoga class. It's sometimes chanted three times at the beginning or end of a yoga or meditation practice. Though it may appear to be a small word, OM is said ...

The BJP-led NDA seems to have landed into a fresh controversy over yoga yet again. The BJP-led NDA seems to have landed into a fresh controversy over yoga yet again. If it was controversy over “Surya ...

Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said chanting of 'Om' during yoga sessions on the International Yoga Day on June 21 is not mandatory. New Delhi: Union Urban Development Minister ...

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