‘Yoga a panacea for all ailments’

Visakhapatnam: All types of physical and mental ailments could be kept at a bay with yoga, observed Andhra University registrar Prof V
Umamaheswara Rao. The registrar launched the yoga competition at the Nature Cure Hospital here on Sunday following the directive of
Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao and Collector Praveen Kumar as a part of Visakha Utsav.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof Umamaheswara Rao said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought international recognition to yoga
while the Chief Minister is of the opinion of introducing yoga in all schools to make the children physically fit from the childhood.

District educational officer M V Krishna Reddy disclosed that they were conducting competitions in yoga, essay writing, drawing and painting
and quiz on the eve of Visakha Utsav. Dr S Lakshminarayana, Dr S Sri Lakshmi, Dr D Pulla Rao, R Ravi Kumar and others took part besides a
large number of children.