Dev Sanskriti University conducted The Yoga Asana Championship on December 10, 2013.
Event was attended by Yoga Exerts coming from 13 different states within India. The winners will get a chance to participate in the National Yoga Asana Championship to be held in New Delhi later this month.
The event was inaugurated by president of the Uttarakhand Yoga Samiti Ishwar Bharadwaj, general secretary Laxman Joshi and secretary of the organising committee by lighting a traditional lamp.
On the occasion, Bharadwaj read out rules and regulations to be followed during the championship. He urged the participants to make as many people aware of the value of yoga in one's life and how it could help attain a healthy state power.
From Uttarakhand, Dev Sanskriti University, Gurukul Kangri University, Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Patanjali University, Jai Ram Sanskrit Maha Vidyalaya, Narayan Yogasharam, Omkaranand Saraswati Nilium, Dev Swarup International Public School and HGAKI College, Dehradun, are participating in the championship. It is being held in four age categories.
In this events, Siya clinched a gold medal in the age group of 8-12 years, followed by Avnia silver and Chandrika Rana bronze. In the boys' section, Sarvjit, Raghav and Nitesn were declared winners.
In the age group of 18-20 years, Ayushi, Akanksha and Omi Vishnoi were declared winners while in the boys' category, Abhishek, Praveen and Sumit won the prizes. In the age group of 18-25 years, Kalpana Singh, Pooja and Hemlata were winners while Rajesh Yadav won a gold medal in the boys' section.
In the age group of 25-40 years, Laxmi, Pooja and Niti Tiwari were the winners while in the boys' section, Tulsi Ram Sahu, Hridayanand and Jitendra were declared first, second and third winners, respectively.
Registrar of the university Sandeep Kumar gave away the prizes to the winners.
Source: Ajay Bhardwaj, click4college Specialist
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