More than 200 people participated in the programme which was inaugurated by Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture and Archaeology. The main aim of the event, which brought together best-of-the-best practitioners, was to educate and spread awareness about yoga in combating diabetes and leading a healthy lifestyle. The event showcased special yoga demonstrations conducted by instructors that could be easily adopted for practice in day-to-day life.

The programme also reiterated the key message of 'Let’s defeat Diabetes, Campaign with a strong emphasis on prevention of Diabetes for non-diabetics and control of diabetes for diabetics''. The programme covered various flexible asanas, meditation, breathing exercises and other postures to help in combating and regulating diabetes as well as other lifestyle related complications. Speaking on the occasion, minister said…