INDIA, June 21, 2025 (The Hindu): More than 25,000 tribal students from Alluri Sitharama Raju district participated in a massive yoga session in Visakhapatnam on Friday, setting the stage for a new world record. The official announcement of the record is expected on Saturday, coinciding with International Yoga Day celebrations. Students from various tribal welfare and Ashram schools across Paderu, Ananthagiri, Pedabayalu, Chintapalli, Araku, G. Madugula and Hukumpeta performed a series of asanas, with impressive coordination and confidence. While a section of students had been rigorously training for three to four months, others had only a few weeks for the preparation.

Before the session, the students were provided with yoga mats and issued barcodes, which were scanned to record attendance. Under the guidance of senior yoga instructor Pathanjali Srinivasa Rao, the participants began the session with Omkaram and completed 108 Surya Namaskarams in 108 minutes. After the yoga session, IT Minister Nara Lokesh lauded the students for their discipline and dedication. He announced that yoga classes would be made a regular part of the curriculum. It would be practiced once a week in all government schools from June 21, he said. Mr. Lokesh confirmed that the students had indeed made a world record with their participation, and that the official recognition would be announced during the grand International Yoga Day celebrations on the Beach Road on Saturday.

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