The National Yoga Day is being observed across the country by organising yoga exercises today.
On the occasion, a yoga exercise session was organised at Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar where Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, ministers, high level government officials, yoga gurus and practitioners and educationalists took part. Yoga guru Kshitiz Barakoti provided training on the occaion.
The National Yoga Day Main Programme Organising Committee formed under the leadership of Minister for Education, Science and Technology Krishna Gopal Shrestha led the celebration. The theme for the Day is 'Lets practice yoga; Covid-19 will go away'.
On the occasion, yoga guru Swami Ananda Arun informed that 30 million people across the globe have done yoga exercises. Nepal has been celebrating the day since 15 January, 2016.