Kathmandu, The government has prepared for observing the National Yoga Day on coming Magh 1 (January 15).
According to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Day will be observed with the theme of ‘Yoga for Healthy Society, Prosperous Nepal and World Peace’, and schools and organisations have been asked to observe the Day as per the local contexts.
Ministry Secretary Chudamani Paudel coordinates a main celebration sub-committee formed to facilitate

the celebrations of the Day. The relevant organisations have been urged to conduct Yoga-meditation teaching and practices for an hour at the nearby accessible schools, said Ministry under-secretary Govinda Prasad Aryal.

June 21 is annually observed as the International Day of Yoga and in the context of Nepal, Magh 1 in the Nepali calendar is marked as the National Yoga Day.