UGC wants all universities, colleges to chant Om Shanti on Yoga Day

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all universities and their affiliated colleges to celebrate ‘International Yoga Day’ on June 21 by following a ‘Common Yoga Protocol’. The protocol, as per the official letter written by UGC to all universities, is a 45-minute schedule of exercises and prayers which starts with a posture where one has to chant OM Shantih Shantih along with a few verses from Rigveda, (a collection Vedic hymns) which literally translate to ‘May you move in harmony, speak in one voice; let your minds be in…

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