Yoga guru Alla Rajeswara Rao’s birthday celebrated

Arundalpet: The birthday of Yoga guru Alla Rajeswara Rao was celebrated at Swamy Vivekananda Yoga Centre here to coincide with Ugadi festival. Tulasi Ramachandra Prabhu, head of Tulasi Seeds, attended as the chief guest along with his family members. Rao cut the birthday cake in the presence of about 200 yoga practitioners.

He explained to the gathering the significance of Ugadi and the benefits of doing pranayam, meditation and yoga. Prabhu pointed out that youth were falling sick for not doing exercise. He said a person could become bodily strong and mentally sound by doing yoga and meditation regularly.

Another guest and noted doctor in the city Maddeneni Gopalakrishna said that by chanting ‘Omkaram’ frequently a person could get rid of bad breath.

Among those present were Apex director K Nageswara Rao, Uggirala Sitaramayya and his wife, TDP district vice-president Yerragopu Nageswara Rao, yoga guru Reddy Sambasiva Rao, Bysu Mallikarjuna, Chirukuri Venkatasubba Rao, Ramesh, Bose, Venuprasad, Manikanta, Venkataramana, Sravanti and Karuna.