Kathmandu : The World Peace and Spiritual Society is organizing a mass yoga and meditation event in Kailash-Mansarobar region on the occasion of the International Yoga Day. This will the first of its kind event to be held in the region.
At a press conference in Kathmandu Society Chairperson Yogi Acharya Rajan Sharma informed that a special yoga practice programme is to be organized in Kailash-Mansarobar with a view to recognizing Nepal in the globe as a holy origin of Yoga.
According to him, the main goal of the event is to establish Nepal as the country of yoga gurus and to promote the ancient yoga, penance, meditation, and spiritual culture of the place at an international level.
The team participating in the Yoga Day celebration will depart for Kailash–Manasarovar on June 17.
On the occasion of International Yoga Day, yoga and meditation practice en masse is scheduled to take place at Kailash–Manasarovar on June 21.
‘It is a matter of pride for all Nepalis that an international-level yoga and spiritual awareness programme is being organized in the Kailash–Manasarovar area, considered the land of penance of Lord Shiva, by Nepal and the Nepali community,’ said Chair Sharma.
‘We believe that yoga in the silent beauty of the Himalayas and the sacred environment of Kailash–Manasarovar will not only be a physical practice but also a path to spiritual awakening and peace.’
The programme is expected to draw more than a hundred participants, including yogis, meditation practitioners, yoga instructors, ascetics, researchers, and spiritual activists from Nepal, India, and other countries.
