{"id":6612,"date":"2016-06-08T05:23:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T05:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=6609&amp;preview_id=6609"},"modified":"2016-06-08T05:23:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T05:23:30","slug":"stage-set-for-chandigarh-yoga-festival-yoga-in-3d-at-sukhna-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=6612","title":{"rendered":"Stage set for Chandigarh Yoga festival: Yoga in 3D at Sukhna Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"storycenterbyline\" class=\"editor\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"custom-caption\"><img class=\"wp-image-2840413 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2016\/06\/prof-kaptan-singh-solanki_chandigarh-yoga-festival_759.jpg\" alt=\"yoga, International Yoga Day, Chandigarh Yoga festival, Chandigarh yoga, Baba Ramdev, Ramdev, Ramdev yoga, Chandigarh yoga, yoga India\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"custom-caption\">Punjab and Haryana Governor Haryana and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki,after unveiling the mascot for the four-day yoga festival to be held from June 9, at Punjab Raj Bhawan. Express Photo<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a first, 3-Dimensional (3D) impressions for yoga will be displayed at Sukhna Lake in the run-up to the International Yoga Day event on June 21.<\/p>\n<p>Chandigarh Deputy Commissioner Ajit Balaji Joshi said a 16-ft structure would be raised at Sukhna Lake where the screens, with the help of 3D technology, will display yoga asanas, detailing its benefits and other information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA story \u2014 Yoga the three of life of seven minutes \u2014 will be displayed on the raised structures. 3D technology would be used so that people who come at Sukhna Lake also get to see yoga with the special effects. An organisation has been finalised for the task,\u201d said Joshi. The show will begin at 7 pm.<\/p>\n<p>There is also \u2018Yoga on wheels\u2019 competition too. This is a skating competition that will be held on June 11 at 6 pm at Sukhna Lake Road.<\/p>\n<p>All these events will be part of Chandigarh Yoga festival, which will begin on June 9 and go till June 12.<\/p>\n<p>Another attraction of the festival will be \u2018moonlight yoga\u2019 that will be held at parade ground in Sector 17, 7 pm onwards on June 10. The inaugural event on June 9 will see the participation of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at 7 pm at parade ground Sector 17 here. Yoga guru Ramdev will take part in the concluding event on June 12, 7 pm onwards. There will be a \u2018run for yoga\u2019 event at 5.30 am on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Commissioner said many international and national scholars would be present during the festival.<\/p>\n<p>Till date, around 46,000 people have registered for the main event on June 21, International Yoga Day, said officials. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the event.<\/p>\n<p>Joshi said around 30,000 would be able to make it to the main event. \u201c A committee will be doing the selection procedure as the capitol complex can accommodate 30,000 people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab and Haryana Governor Haryana and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki,after unveiling the mascot for the four-day yoga festival to be held from June 9, at Punjab Raj Bhawan. Express Photo In a first, 3-Dimensional (3D) impressions for yoga will be displayed at Sukhna Lake in the run-up to the International Yoga Day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18,1135],"tags":[1163,363,54,1165,1166,1570],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}