varanasi with the daybreak the residents of prime minister narendra modis constituency plunged into celebrations of the 8th international yoga day on tuesday the residents of varanasi could be seen performing yoga at the ghats of the north flowing ganga parks and various other places on the occasionthe major event was organised at the newly developed namo ghat where up minister for tourism and culture jaivir singh and other dignitaries of the city as well as administrative officers and people of political parties performed yogaover 5000 people performed yoga at namo ghat divided into 19 blocks prime minister narendra modis programme organised in mysore was also being telecast live on led screens installed in all the blocksspeaking on the occasion the minister said that yoga not only makes a person physically and mentally healthy but also develops ones personality in the society yoga also helps in creating a balance between the mind body and soul he said adding that the theme of this years yoga day is yoga for humanitythe divisional commissioner deepak agrawal said that the ancient tradition of yoga is a symbol of sanatan culture which has been now accepted by the whole world today he said that due to hectic lifestyle people do not have time to do yoga and exercise but in the corona period people understood the importance of yoga very well and adopted it to enhance their immunity and stay stress freethe yoga programme was also attended by the bjp state coincharge sunil ojha mayor mridula jaiswal mla saurabh srivastava bjp district president hansraj vishwakarma district magistrate kaushal raj sharma municipal commissioner pranay singh and othersapart from namo ghat yoga programmes were also organised at all the 84 ghats on the bank of the ganga many organisations actively participated in it amrit yoga week was celebrated on a large scale in the district from june 14 to 20 to commemorate international yoga day besides the vedic students also practised various attractive asanas of yoga in the shastrath mahavidyalaya located in dashashwamedh area while civil defence warden and volunteers practised yoga at hanumangarhi ghatthe police personnel led by the commissioner of police a satish ganesh performed yoga at the police lines while the 11 ndrf personnel led by the commandant manoj kumar sharma performed yoga at nandeshwar ghat and in the premises of gautam buddha building the officers and employees of banaras locomotive works blw including the general manager performed yoga in the blw premises the yoga programmes were organised at various places in blw including new block shop technical training centre blw inter college and rpf barrack various organisations of blw like bharat scout guide civil defence organization and st johns ambulance brigade actively participated in yoga programmes the varanasi division of north eastern railway also organised yoga programmes at all prominent stations and training centres of the division the railway staff led by the drm ramashraya pandey performed yoga at the officers club in lahartara areathe banaras hindu university organised the main yoga