"Daily 'suryanamaskar' keeps the body healthy. I would tell each student gathered here to perform it regularly," the report quoted Dravid as saying.
'Surya Namaskar' is being introduced in the state's educational institutions following motivation by Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev who wants to set up a centre of the Patanjali Yoga Peeth in Madhya Pradesh on 2,500 hectares.
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A division bench comprising Chief Justice A K Patnayak and Justice R S Jha, in an interim order on petitions filed by some Muslim organisations, held that only those who want to participate in it voluntarily should attend the programme.
Sadhus and seers of Haridwar on Tuesday threatened to launch a countrywide agitation if surya namaskar is not included.
While Madhya Pradesh government is making all efforts to make the 'Surya Namaskar' exercise on Swami Vivekanand's birthday on Thursday in Bhopal, a world record, Muslim leaders have opposed the move by issuing a fatwa against it.
Adityanath, who had in the past lashed out at a section of Muslims for terming the practice of 'surya namaskar' as un-Islamic, said the sun salutation was a beautiful example of religious harmony. "The namaz offered by Muslims resembles different postures and asanas of surya namaskar including pranayam.
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'Few practitioners of yoga doing the Surya Namaskar, including lakhs of Americans and Europeans, see it as a form of worshipping the sun. They do it because it is good exercise.' 'In my view Muslim groups need to be more flexible on such things and not present their problem in terms that are confrontational.' 'Having said that, are they over-reacting? The history and the background of the government and its ministers would lead us to believe otherwise,' says Aakar Patel.
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The court made the observation on a PIL challenging the August 23 resolution adopted by the Shiv Sena-BJP controlled BMC, which sparked protest from the opposition parties dubbing it as part of the move to "saffronise" education.
"I have supported yoga but opposed Surya Namaskar. Muslims cannot perform Surya Namaskar. Surya Namaskar is an act within yoga. Every man and woman should do yoga. Yoga should be done in madrasas and mosques too. But Surya Namaskar is bowing to the sun, worshipping the sun. Islam forbids all these things."
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Over 1.25 million people across 28 states, will perform Surya Namaskars on World Health Day this April 7
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Amidst opposition in some quarters to observing International Yoga Day, Vishwa Hindu Parishad International Executive President Dr Praveen Togadia on Sunday said that the discipline was never secular and was more of "Vedic and sanatan".
The ruling allies rejected the amendment demanded by Congress and Samajwadi Party to make yoga optional for schools.
Take the name of Allah instead of reciting 'shlokas'" during the event, said the minister from AYUSH dept.
The program that began on Makar Sankranti--January 16--saw 1,194 participants performing 39,173 Surya Namaskars at 55 places in the first five hours. The Yogathon involves a nationwide HSS effort to create awareness about yoga and its advantages. The HSS encourages its members and others at its 140 centers to perform 10 lakh Surya Namaskars.
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I consider Mohammed saab as a great yogi. A Muslim is one who has 'iman' and that is why called a Mussalman. I am a true Muslim," said the leader.
Under this new policy, a yoga parishad will be formed in the state.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday clear that participation in the events was not 'compulsory'.
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All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday decided to launch a nationwide campaign against making 'Surya Namaskar' and Yoga compulsory in schools.
Ayush Minister Shripad Naik on Wednesday said there was "no compulsion" to say 'Om' during the World Yoga Day programme.
Amidst objections by certain minority groups to doing Yoga, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said there is "no compulsion" in this regard and that the practise of Yoga should not be related to any caste, creed or religion.
Biographies of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda, Arya Samaj founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati, and writer and freedom fighter Pandit Shriram Sharma have been included in the curriculum.
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