CURATED BY – MOHMMAD MUNEER | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shahdol, On the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary and Youth Day, a mass Surya Namaskar and Pranayam program was organized today at the Mahatma Gandhi Stadium of the divisional headquarters. The program was inaugurated by garlanding the photograph of Swami Vivekananda and lighting a lamp. In the mass Surya Namaskar program, MLA Jaisinghnagar Mrs. Manisha Singh, Collector Dr. Kedar Singh, Superintendent of Police Ramji Srivastava, Assistant Commissioner Tribal Affairs Department Anand Rai Sinha, District Education Officer M L Pathak, District Coordinator of Jan Abhiyan Parishad Vivek Pandey, DIET Principal R S Gautam, Arvind Kumar Pandey from the Education Department, eminent citizens including school students participated enthusiastically and practiced various postures of Surya Namaskar and Pranayam. In the program, mass singing of national song and national anthem, broadcast of the holy words of Swami Vivekananda, Madhya Pradesh song were broadcast. Message of Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav was also broadcast in the Surya Namaskar program. In the mass Surya Namaskar program, practice of prayer mudra, hastauttanasana, ashwa sanchalanasana, ashtanga namaskar, bhujangasana, parvatasana and other mudras were done.
Republic race winners were awarded..
On the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary and youth day, a republic race of 1600 meters in the boys' group and 800 meters in the girls' group was organized at Mahatma Gandhi Stadium of divisional headquarters Shahdol. In the boys' group of Republic race, Haridas Marawi got the first place, Deepu Singh got the second place and Ashish Kumar Prajapati got the third place. Similarly, in the girls' group, Radha Markam got the first place, Khemlata got the second place and Simran Singh got the third place. The boys and girls who got first, second and third place in the race were awarded by MLA Mrs. Manisha Singh. Participation of this committee
On the occasion of Swami Vivekanand Jayanti, like every year, the final race of the state level Youth Republic Race 2025 was organized by Adamya Yuva Seva Samiti Shahdol, Adamya Khel Academy Shahdol. The final race was started by showing the green flag by MLA Mrs. Manisha Singh, 26 players (10 female runners and 16 female runners) selected from the selection race participated. In which, in runner 1600 m, first place was secured by Haridas Maravi Dindori, second by Deepu Singh Satna, third by Ashish Kumar Prajapati Anuppur, in runner 800 m, first by Radha Markam Mandla, second by Khemlata Paraste Dindori, third by Simran Singh Shahdol. And the winning runners were also given shields. According to the information, the winning participants of the "main race" will be awarded by the chief guest in the program to be organized on Republic Day in Shahdol district on 26.01.2025. The winning participants will be awarded cash prizes of Rs 5100 for first, Rs 3100 for second and Rs 1100 for third, memento and certificate. Collector Dr. Kedar Singh, Superintendent of Police Shriram Ji Srivastava, Assistant Director Sports Rais Ahmed, yoga instructors, teachers, students and general public were present on this occasion.