Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena attended Inter -ministerial committee meeting of International Day of Yoga (IDY 2022) held at Vigyan Bhawan on April 6.

Cabinet minister of Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal; Cabinet minister of Culture & Tourism, G. Kishan Reddy; State minister of Ayush, Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai; Secretary of the ministry of Ayush, Vaidya Rajesh Koteja and Dr Ishwar Basavareddy, Director Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga ( MDNIY) along with all senior officers of Ministry of Ayush & other ministries like Home, Culture, Tourism, External Affairs etc. were present in the meeting.

All heads of yoga organizations in the country also attended the meeting. Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena of MIMC & Pujya Chidanand Saraswaty were the main Yoga organizations heads invited to express their view on this occasion. 

Suggestions were sought from the representatives of various central ministries. IDY 2022 gets special significance as the Government of India has an ambitious plan to take participation to the level of 25 crores. All the members explained how they plan to celebrate & also submitted suggestions to make it a grand success.

Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena was invited as a representative of Ladakh to celebrate IDY in Ladakh. It was mentioned that Mahabodhi International Meditation and Yoga Centre is involved in various Yoga activities for the last 30 years & has been training Indian nationals & foreigners in Yoga & meditation. Hence, MIMC will be organizing the IDY 2022 in collaboration with various institutions in Ladakh both governmental and non-governmental. MIMC was also asked to conduct the yoga countdown event at various places in Ladakh. Mahabodhi will be holding a week-long International Festival of Yoga and Meditation from 20-26th June to mark the 8th International day of yoga. 

On April 7, Bhikkhu Sanghasena also attended the 75th-day countdown event as Yoga Mahotsav held at Red Fort. Speaker of Lok Sabha, Om Birla; Cabinet & state ministers of Ayush, Secretary of the ministry of Ayush, Director MDNIY, members of Parliament, Ambassadors of Various countries, Heads of Yoga Organizations & a large number of people & students who actively participated in Yoga were present.

Addressing the gathering, Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena said that MIMC is the first to pioneer yoga and meditation in Ladakh three decades ago. He requested all to promote Ladakh as the hub of spirituality, yoga, and meditation not just for India but for the whole world.