My Life My Yoga video contest

Introduction

Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India today called upon one and all to participate in the “My Life – My Yoga”(also called “Jeevan Yoga”) Video Blogging Contest, a joint effort by the Ministry of AYUSH and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), during the course of his monthly Mann Ki Baat address to the nation.

About My Life – My Yoga

The contest focuses on the transformative impact of Yoga on the lives of individuals and comes as one of the activities related to the observation of the sixth International Day of Yoga (IDY) coming up on 21st June 2020.
The contest has gone live on the social media handles of the Ministry of AYUSH today, 31 May 2020.
This year the Ministry is encouraging people to practice Yoga at their homes due to the impact of COVID-19, with participation from the entire family.
Through the My Life – My Yoga video blogging competition, the Ministry of AYUSH and ICCR seek to raise awareness about Yoga and to inspire people to prepare for and become active participants in the observation of IDY 2020.
The contest will support participation via the social media platforms of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Video contests will be open to participants from all countries.
The contest will run in two legs. The first leg consists of an international video blogging contest, wherein the winners will be picked within a country. This will be followed by global prize winners who will be selected from winners from different countries.
Entries can be submitted by participants under three categories covering youth (aged under 18), adults (above 18 years) and yoga professionals, and further, separately for male and female contestants. This makes it a total of six categories in all. For the India contestants, prizes worth Rs. 1 lakh, 50K and 25K for 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranking within each of the categories have been announced within the first leg.
Details of the global prizes will be announced shortly on the Yoga Portal of the Ministry of AYUSH.
This contest is open to all participants across the world.

Source: PIB

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