Mysuru: According to reliable sources from Moraji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi it is confirmed that Mysuru will not be the hosting the International Yoga day celebration this year. Instead, it will be held in Dehradun. The AYUSH department in Bengaluru, during its proceedings had also taken a decision to conduct state-International Level Yoga celebration in Mysuru but even this has been cancelled and it has been decided to host the same at Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
Mysuru created world record for the largest gathering at a single venue last year and consequently it was shortlisted to host International Yoga Day celebration. The state government, as a token of appreciation to Mysuru, had come out with order to conduct state-level International Yoga Celebration in Mysuru. But both the events seem to have been cancelled.
With both the options closed, the district administration will go with regular district level international yoga day celebration. Hoping that Mysuru would be hosting the mega event on June 21, the officials had jumped into action to make sure everything would go on smoothly. They were even ready with website. They were only waiting
for a communication from Delhi to launch the website so that registration could start.
The master trainers were also trained so that they could reach to schools and colleges to prepare the students to take part in the celebration. Last year, Mysuru lost record in chain link Yoga by a whisker.
World record
With 55, 506 participants, Mysuru entered the Guinness world record for the largest gathering at a single venue held on occasion of International Yoga day at spacious 139 acre Mysore Race Course on June 21, 2017.
