Karnataka Yogathon breaks Guinness record of Rajasthan; 4 lakh people take part

Karnataka broke the earlier record of Rajasthan with its latest Yogathon in which 4,05,255 people performed yoga at 33 places simultaneously. In 2018, over 1,00,984 people performed yoga simultaneously at various places in Rajasthan. Before that, in 2017, 55,524 people performed yoga simultaneously in Mysore of Karnataka.

Dharwad: The Yogathon-2023 program organised by the Youth Services and Sports, Government of Karnataka, at different locations simultaneously has entered the Guinness Book of Records, claimed Sports Minister K C Narayana Gowda. Over 4,05,255 people performed yoga at the same time in 33 different places of the state, thereby erasing all previous records and creating a new Guinness record, he said in a press release here.

For the past eight months, the State Youth Services and Sports Department has worked hard to organize a special performance of Yogasanas. The Yogathon was organised as part of the 26th National Youth Festival in Dharwad and this program was organized across the state. About 14 lakh yogis and yoga enthusiasts of the state had registered their names to participate in the massive event.

Over 5,904 enthusiasts took part in the event held at the Dharwad Agricultural University grounds, 3,405 at the Karnataka University grounds, 4,769 at RN Shetty District stadium and 3,769 at Vidyagiri JSS College grounds and 6,076 at Hubli Railway Cricket grounds. A total of 23,923 people from 5 places in Dharwad district performed yoga simultaneously.

This time, Karnataka broke the earlier record of Rajasthan as a total of 4,05,255 people performed yoga at 33 places in different districts of the state. In 2018, over 1,00,984 people performed yoga simultaneously at various places in Rajasthan, which became a Guinness record at that time. Before this, in 2017, 55,524 people performed yoga simultaneously in Mysore city of Karnataka state and entered the Guinness records.

Minister K C Narayana Gowda has informed that more than three times more people than those who performed yoga in Rajasthan did yoga at the same time with discipline and following rules.